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National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Post-Election Survey, [United States], 2016 (ICPSR 37380)

Version Date: Jan 30, 2020

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Principal Investigator(s):
S. Karthick (Subramanian Karthick) Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside; Jennifer Lee, Columbia University; Taeku Lee, University of California, Berkeley; Janelle Wong, University of Maryland

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37380.v1

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Summary

The National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Post-Election Survey, 2016 contains nationally representative data from telephone interviews of adult U.S. residents who self-identified as Asian/Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, White, African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Multiracial. The survey included sizable samples of Asian Americans in 9 Asian national origin groups (Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Hmong, Cambodian), as well as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders. The survey instrument included questions about immigrant background, social identities, social attitudes, political behavior, and policy attitudes. Demographic information included age, race, language, gender, country of birth, religion, marital status, educational level, employment status, citizenship status, household income, and size of household.

The study contains 2 data files, public-use and restricted-use versions of the same dataset (386 variables, 6448 cases).

Citation

Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick (Subramanian Karthick), Lee, Jennifer, Lee, Taeku, and Wong, Janelle. National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Post-Election Survey, [United States], 2016. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-01-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37380.v1

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Funding

National Science Foundation (1558986), Ford Foundation, California Immigrant Research Initiative, Office of the President, University of California, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

City

Restrictions

This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To obtain the restricted file, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement.

Distributor(s)

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

2016

Date of Collection

2016-11-17 -- 2017-03-02

Data Collection Notes

  1. The number of cases in the deposited data set for this study does not correspond with the number of cases described on the P.I.'s website.

  2. For further information on the National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Post-Election Survey, 2016, please visit the NAAS website.

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Study Purpose

The NAAS is an effort to poll the opinions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This study solicited these opinions following the 2016 presidential election.

Sample

The primary sampling strategy was to interview individuals drawn from a random selection of respondents in a national listed sample stratified by race and national origin. An additional sample of Latinx respondents in California was drawn from a random selection of respondents in a listed sample of state residents.

Time Method

Cross-sectional ad-hoc follow-up

Universe

Adult residents of the United States who self-identify as Asian/Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, White, African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Multiracial.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

Variables include 2016 presidential election vote, opinions on current political movements and issues, experiences with and opinions of other races, and experiences with discrimination.

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Original Release Date

2020-01-30

Version History

2020-01-30 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 online analysis version with question text.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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Weight

The sample is weighted, using a raking procedure, to reflect the distribution by race and Asian detailed origin on the following variables, separately: state of residence, gender, nativity, citizenship status, and educational attainment.

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Notes