Public Opinion and the War in Vietnam Study, 1966 (ICPSR 7295)
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Richard A. Brody, Stanford University;
Paul Ekman, University of California Medical Center;
Edwin B. Parker, Stanford University;
Nelson W. Polsby, Wesleyan University;
Peter H. Rossi, National Opinion Research Center;
Paul B. Sheatsley, National Opinion Research Center;
Sidney Verba, Stanford University
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07295.v1
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This study, conducted by the National Opinion Research Center, surveyed a cross-section of the adult population in the United States to elicit opinions about the involvement of the United States in Vietnam. Questions covered problems in the news, the respondents' vote in 1964, the number of years, if any, served in the Armed Forces, their knowledge of the Vietnam War, and their opinions on what the government should do in Vietnam. Demographic data include age, sex, race, number of children, education, occupation, family income, perceived social class, service in the military, and religious preference.
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Probability sampling of blocks within NORC's 75 sampling points. Within the sampling units, respondents were selected so as to form a representative sample of the population of the United States.
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Adult population of the United States.
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personal interviews
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1984-06-20
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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:
- Brody, Richard A., Paul Ekman, Edwin B. Parker, Nelson W. Polsby, Peter H. Rossi, Paul B. Sheatsley, and Sidney Verba. Public Opinion and the War in Vietnam Study, 1966. ICPSR07295-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1975. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07295.v1
1984-06-20 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:
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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