DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03692.v3
title: CBS News Monthly Poll #1, April 2002
title: Version 3

description: 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 for their opinions
of President Bush and his handling of the presidency, the war against
terrorism, and foreign policy, as well as their views of Palestinian
leader Yassir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The
remainder of the questions focused on the conflict between Israel and
the Palestinians, and the United States' use of military force in
response to the events of September 11, 2001. Respondents were asked
whether Israel and/or the Palestinians desired peace enough to make
real concessions, whether they believed Israel was acting justly in
reacting militarily to recent suicide bombings, and whether they believe
Arafat had done all he could to stop the suicide bombings. Those
surveyed were asked whether Israel had too much influence over United
States foreign policy, whether Bush had enough experience to negotiate
peace in the Middle East, and if they supported sending American troops
to the Middle East to end the conflict between Israel and the
Palestinians. Respondents were asked whether they supported the United
States' attacks against Afghanistan, as well as the use of military
force against countries such as Iraq and Somalia to combat terrorism,
whether they believed such action increased the risk of further
terrorist attacks against the United States, and whether such action
could lead to a war between Western and Muslim countries. Finally,
respondents were asked whether they believed it was the responsibility
of the United States to bring peace to the Middle East. Background
information on respondents includes age, gender, Hispanic descent, race,
religion, education, voter registration and participation history,
political party, political orientation, marital status, children in the
household, and household income.
description: 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).
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CBS News Monthly Poll #1, April 2002
description: Adult population of the United States aged 18 and over
having a telephone at home.
description: This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff.
ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in
essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate,
documentation has been converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), data files
have been converted to non-platform-specific formats, and variables have been
recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity.The ASCII data file may have been replaced if the previous version was formatted with multiple records per case. A frequency file, which contains the authoritative column locations, has been added to the collection.