CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, February 1995 (ICPSR 6554)

Version Date: Oct 8, 2009

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Principal Investigator(s):
CBS News; The New York Times

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06554.v3

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Summary

This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked to give their impressions of Bill and Hillary Clinton and to comment on whether the news media had been easier or harder on them compared to other presidents and first ladies. The media's role in determining how well presidents do their jobs was explored as well. Those surveyed were also asked to identify the four presidents whose faces are carved into Mount Rushmore and to give their opinions on which president over the past 200 years had done the best and the worst job. Other questions included whether security measures should be increased at the White House and whether the White House should be considered a national treasure. Background information on respondents includes voter registration status, household composition, vote choice in the 1992 presidential election, political party, political orientation, education, age, sex, race, religious preference, and family income.

Citation

CBS News, and The New York Times. CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, February 1995. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-10-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06554.v3

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1995-02-15 -- 1995-02-16

Date of Collection

1995-02-15 -- 1995-02-16

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) ICPSR created a codebook appendix to clarify codes for some standard variables. (2) A weight variable has been included and must be used for any analysis. (3) The codebook is provided as Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.

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Sample

A variation of random-digit dialing using primary sampling units (PSUs) was employed, consisting of blocks of 100 telephone numbers identical through the eighth digit and stratified by geographic region, area code, and size of place. Within households, respondents were selected using a method developed by Leslie Kish and modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see Backstrom and Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH [Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1963]).

Universe

Adult population of the United States aged 18 and over having telephones at home.

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1996-11-21

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • CBS News, and The New York Times. CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, February 1995. ICPSR06554-v3. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-10-08. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06554.v3

2009-10-08 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.

2000-05-19 The variable "first name" was removed to further ensure the privacy of respondents. Also, the codebook is now available as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file

1998-01-14 ICPSR created an appendix to the codebook to clarify codes for many of the standard demographic variables.

1996-11-21 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.

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