CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, November 1994 (ICPSR 6614)

Version Date: Nov 18, 2010

Cite this study |

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

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06614.v3

Version V3

Slide tabs to view more

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 whether they approved of Bill Clinton's handling of his job as president and whether he had tried to move the country in the right or the wrong direction. Opinions were sought on Clinton, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Newt Gingrich, Al D'Amato, Jesse Helms, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Respondents were asked to provide their reactions to the outcome of the November 1994 elections for Congress, to give their opinions on the Republican and Democratic parties, and to forecast whether Congress would accomplish more or less in the next two years on topics such as the Republicans' "Contract with America," the balanced budget amendment, welfare, and health care. Additional areas explored included the situation in Bosnia, Bill Clinton's handling of the situation, and the need for sending in ground troops to try to end the fighting. Background information 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, November 1994      . Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-11-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06614.v3

Export Citation:

  • RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.)
  • EndNote

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Hide

Time Period(s)

1994-11

Date of Collection

1994-11-27 -- 1994-11-28

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) A weight variable has been included and must be used for any analysis. (2) The codebook is provided as a 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 on the ICPSR Website.

Hide

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)

Hide

Original Release Date

1996-10-01

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, November 1994 . ICPSR06614-v3. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-11-18. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06614.v3

2010-11-18 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.

2000-08-04 The codebook appendix file that clarifies codes for many of the standard demographic variables has been merged into the codebook. Also, the variable "first name" was removed to further ensure the privacy of respondents. In addition, 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.

1996-10-01 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.

Hide

Notes