DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03757.v3
title: CBS News Call-Back Poll #1, March 2003
title: Version 3

description: This poll, fielded March 17, 2003, 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. This
survey was a call-back of the March 15-16, 2003, cohort (CBS NEWS
MONTHLY POLL #3, MARCH 2003 [ICPSR 3756]), and was conducted to assess
respondent views regarding President George W. Bush's address to the
nation earlier that evening. Respondents were asked to give their
opinions of Bush and his handling of the presidency and the situation
in Iraq, as well as the ultimatum issued during his speech, demanding
that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein leave Iraq within 48 hours or face
military action. Respondent views were sought on whether they approved
of the use of military action to remove Hussein from power, whether
diplomatic solutions had been exhausted, whether a peaceful resolution
remained possible, and whether the United States should have waited
for United Nations approval before issuing the ultimatum. Those polled
were asked about the implications of a war with Iraq: whether the
removal of Hussein was worth the potential loss of American life,
whether the threat of terrorism against the United States would
increase, whether greater instability in the Middle East would result,
and whether the likely outcome would be quick and successful or long
and costly involvement by the United States. In addition, respondents
were asked whether the United States should have called for a United
Nations vote on military action against Iraq, even though they thought
they would lose, and whether the issuance of the ultimatum had left
respondents worried or relieved. Background information on
respondents includes age, gender, voter registration and participation
history, political party, political orientation, marital status,
religion, education, Hispanic descent, race, children in 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 Call-Back Poll #1, March 2003
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' privacy.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.