DOI: 10.3886/e100384v1-7921
title: American Citizen Participation Screener Study, 1990

description: This screener survey is Part 1 of a two-part study designed
to examine political and nonpolitical civic participation in the United States.
Part 1Ã¢Â¿Â¿the screener surveyÃ¢Â¿Â¿was conducted by telephone with more than 15,000
adults nationwide. Part 2Ã¢Â¿Â¿the follow-up study (ICPSR 6635) Ã¢Â¿Â¿included in-person
interviews with 2,517 of the original participants. Respondents were asked to
respond to questions on various topics, including their interest in politics,
party identification, voting status, and activity in community politics. In
addition, respondents were asked about their campaign activities, including the
kind of work they had done, and how much money and time they had contributed to
campaigns for various elections. Respondents also provided information about their
own personal experiences with government programs, as well as their opinions on
national and social problems in the United States and why people in the United
States aren't more active in politics. Demographic variables measured in this
study include respondent's educational background, occupation, church activity
and religious affiliation, race and ethnicity, age, gender, and union
membership.
description: The
variable Ã¢Â¿Â¿weight#Ã¢Â¿Â adjusts for gender representation among the U.S. adult
population in 1990. There is one weight for women and one for men. To better
understand how the weight was constructed, simple run a crosstab of the
variable Ã¢Â¿Â¿weight#Ã¢Â¿Â by Ã¢Â¿Â¿rgender#.Ã¢Â¿Â
description: Response Rates: 1. Response
Rate 1: 51.7% (Response Rate 1 (RR1) is the minimum response rate.)

<br>2. Response
Rate 2: 52.5% (Response Rate 2 (RR2) counts partial interviews as respondents.)

<br>3. Response
Rate 3: 54.6% (Response Rate 3 (RR3) includes an estimate of what proportion of
cases of unknown eligibility is actually eligible.)

<br>4. Response
Rate 4: 55.4% (Response Rate 4 (RR4) includes an estimate of what proportion of cases
of unknown eligibility is actually eligible, and includes partial interviews as
completes.)

<br>5. Cooperation
Rate 1: 67.7% (Cooperation Rate 1 (COOP1) is the minimum cooperation rate.)

<br>6. Cooperation
Rate 2: 68.7% (Cooperation Rate 2 (COOP2) Counts partial interviews as respondents.)

<br>7. Cooperation
Rate 3: 69.6% (Cooperation Rate 3 (COOP3) defines those unable to do an interview as also
incapable of cooperating.)

<br>8. Cooperation
Rate 4: 70.7% (Cooperation Rate 4 (COOP4) does the same as COOP3 but includes partials as interviews.)

<br>9. Refusal
Rate 1: 21.8% (Refusal Rate 1 is the number of refusals divided by the interviews
(completes and partial) plus the non-respondents plus the cases of unknown
eligibility.)

<br>10. Refusal
Rate 2: 23.0% (Refusal Rate 2 includes estimated eligible cases among the unknown cases
similar to Response Rates 3 and 4.)

<br>11. Refusal
Rate 3: 25.7% (Refusal Rate 3 is analogous to Response Rates 5 and 6.)
description: computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI)~~
description: Adults
18 years and older in the United States.Smallest Geographic Unit: Zip code
description: Clustered probability sample administered by telephone.