DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02850
title: CBS News "CBS.Marketwatch.com" Internet and Stock Market Poll, September 1999
title: Archival Version

description: This special topic poll, fielded September 29-October 3,
1999, queried respondents on their attitudes regarding the Internet
and the stock market. Through a telephone survey, respondents were
asked a series of questions about their awareness of, access to,
understanding of, and usage of computers, electronic mail, the
Internet, and online services. Those queried were asked whether their
contact with this technology was limited or extensive and for work or
personal use, whether computers and the Internet created or solved
problems, whether the Internet had an adverse effect on interpersonal
communication, and whether the Internet was important to work and
personal productivity. A series of questions probed for respondents'
experiences using the Internet to obtain the latest financial and
sports news, product information, and travel information, to purchase
products or travel tickets, to make hotel reservations, and to search
and/or apply for a job. Respondents were asked about their knowledge
of and experiences with the websites and online services of E-bay,
Amazon.com, E-trade, CBS.Marketwatch.com, AOL.com, Yahoo,
Sidewalk.com, and Priceline.com. Respondents were also queried about
stock market investments and the Internet, including whether they had
bought or traded stocks through the Internet, how frequently they
checked their investments through online services, and whether they
owned stock in Internet companies. Further questions focused on the
future of the stock market, extending the stock market trading day to
24 hours, day traders' knowledge of the stock market and their
influence on it, whether many people are getting rich off the
Internet, purchasing holiday gifts online, and the possibility of year
2000 (Y2K) computer-related problems. Respondent views were also
sought on the upcoming 2000 presidential election, including the
Democratic and Republican primaries/caucuses. Respondents were asked
for whom they intend to vote: Vice President Al Gore, former New
Jersey senator Bill Bradley, Texas governor George W. Bush, Arizona
senator John McCain, publisher Steve Forbes, conservative commentator
Pat Buchanan, Family Research Council President Gary Bauer, talk show
host Alan Keyes, Utah senator Orrin Hatch, or former American Red
Cross president Elizabeth Dole. The results of this survey were
announced on the CBS website CBS.Marketwatch.com. Background
information on respondents includes age, sex, race, Hispanic descent,
political party, political orientation, voter registration and
participation history, education, religion, marital status, employment
status, age of children in household, and family income.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CBS News "CBS.Marketwatch.com" Internet and Stock Market Poll, September 1999
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