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ABC News/Washington Post Poll, April 1987 (ICPSR 08844)
Principal Investigator(s): ABC News; The Washington Post
Summary:
This data collection is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that evaluate the Reagan presidency and solicit opinions on a variety of political and social issues. Topics covered include the Iran arms sale, President Reagan and the Congress, the 65 miles per hour highway bill, air travel, commercial airlines and the effects of deregulation, federal income taxes and the new W-4 form, the Constitution, the best and worst presidents within the respondent's lifetime, and 1988 presidential candidates. Demographic characteristics of respondents also were recorded.
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Citation
ABC News/Washington Post. ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST POLL, APRIL 1987. Radnor, PA: Chilton Research Services [producer], 1987. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-07-09. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08844.v1
Persistent URL: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08844.v1
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: constitutions, deregulation, income taxes, Iran Contra affair, political issues, presidency, presidential candidates, presidential performace, public opinion, Reagan Administration (1981-1989), Reagan, Ronald, social issues, transportation
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period:
- 1987-04
Date of Collection:
- 1987-04-09--1987-04-13
Universe: The population of the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, aged 18 and over.
Data Types: survey data
Data Collection Notes:
For reasons of confidentiality, respondents' zip codes have been recoded to blanks. A weight variable is included that must be used in any analysis.
Methodology
Sample: Households were selected by random digit dialing.
Data Source:
telephone interviews
Version(s)
Original ICPSR Release: 1989-01-10
Version History:
- 2007-07-09 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added to this data collection.
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