New York Times Stock Market Crash Survey, October-November 1987 (ICPSR 9215)

Version Date: Feb 17, 2009

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Principal Investigator(s):
The New York Times

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09215.v2

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Summary

This survey measures the public's attitudes towards political issues and the stock market crash of October 1987. Questions asked of respondents include whether the recent stock market crash would lead to a recession, how they would assess the condition of the national economy, whether the respondent would vote for the Democratic or the Republican candidate in the 1988 presidential election, and whether the respondent owned stock or shares in a mutual fund that invested in the stock market. Background information on individuals includes party affiliation, age, income, sex, marital status, education, and race.

Citation

The New York Times. New York Times Stock Market Crash Survey, October-November 1987 . Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09215.v2

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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)

1987-10-29 -- 1987-11-03

Date of Collection

1987-10-29 -- 1987-11-03

Data Collection Notes

  1. The data contain blanks. There are multiple records per case.

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Sample

Random sample.

Universe

All adults in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1990-05-01

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:
  • The New York Times. New York Times Stock Market Crash Survey, October-November 1987 . ICPSR09215-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-02-17. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09215.v2

2009-02-17 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.

1990-05-01 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.
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Notes

  • Curation and dissemination of this study is provided by the institutional members of ICPSR, and data is available only to users at ICPSR member institutions. To determine if you are at a member institution, check the list of ICPSR member institutions, or learn more about becoming a member.