DOI: 10.3886/icpsr37024.v1
title: National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Pre-Election Survey, [United States], 2016
title: Version 1

description: The National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Pre-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 1 data file (316 variables, 4787 cases).
description: The National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Pre-Election Survey, 2016, was an effort to poll the opinions and gauge the extent of political participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders prior to the 2016 national election. The survey instrument included questions about immigrant background, social identities, social attitudes, political and voting behavior, and policy attitudes.
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, Whites, African Americans/Blacks, and Hispanics/Latinos.
description: 4,787 Asian American adults in the United States were questioned during telephone interviews that lasted approximately 25 minutes in length. Survey interviews were conducted in 11 languages (English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Japanese, Hindi, Hmong, Cambodian) - chosen according to the interviewee's preference.
description: 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.
description: Response Rates: 21.8% (4,787 completes, 727 partial interviews, 11,180 refusals, 5,307 non-contact)
description: Presence of Common Scales: Multiple Likert-type scales were used.
description: The primary sampling strategy was to interview individuals drawn from a random selection of respondents in a listed sample stratified by race and national origin.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Pre-Election Survey, [United States], 2016
description: 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. Smallest Geographic Unit: State
description: telephone interviewThese data are independent from the NAAS 2008 Pre-Election Survey.A related study, National Asian American Survey, 2008, is available as ICPSR 31481.The variable REGION provides additional geographic information for California respondents. Several questions (e.g., Q4_3F, Q4_8A, etc.) were asked only of California respondents.For additional information on the National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Pre-Election Survey, 2016, please visit the NAAS website.