DOI: 10.3886/icpsr08718.v1
title: CBS News/New York Times National and Local Surveys, 1987
title: Version 1

description: As part of an ongoing data collection effort, CBS News and
The New York Times conducted a series of interviews. The substantive
common denominator in the surveys was a continuing evaluation of the
Reagan presidency. Each survey also raised questions of topical
relevance and/or broader social concern, including the following: Part
1: Government figures and race relations in New York City. Part 2: The
space program, 1988 presidential candidates, the Iran-Contra matter,
economic problems, and the Strategic Defense Initiative. Part 3: The
Tower Commission Report and the Iran-Contra matter. Part 4: Ronald
Reagan's speech of March 4, 1987 and the Iran-Contra matter. Part 5:
Television evangelists, focusing on the PTL and Jim Bakker. Parts 6 and
7: Israeli involvement in the Jonathan Pollard spy case and the Iranian
arms sale, and relations between the United States and Israel. Part 8:
The Iran-Contra matter and 1988 presidential candidates with special
emphasis on Gary Hart. Part 9: The Constitution, examining the
operation, characteristics and relations among the three branches of
the federal government. Part 10: The Iran-Contra hearings and testimony
and actions of Oliver North. Part 11: The Iran-Contra hearings and
testimony of Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter. Part
12: Aid to the contras, the Iranian arms sale, the Bork nomination to
the Supreme Court, and l988 presidential candidates focusing on George
Bush. Part 13: Pope John Paul the Second and moral, social, and
political issues facing the Catholic Church. Part 14: The role of
parish priests and the current moral, social, and political issues
facing the Catholic Church. Part 15: Arms control and Supreme Court
nominee Robert Bork. Part 16: Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork and
United States Navy ships in the Persian Gulf. Part 17: Business and
industry in the United States. Part 18: l988 presidential candidates,
social and economic problems facing the United States, and a comparison
of the the two major political parties. Part 19: The campaigns of l988
Presidential candidates from each party, social and economic problems
facing the United States, and Iowa's caucus system. Part 20: The
Ginsburg nomination to the Supreme Court and his withdrawal, and
respondents' opinions of factors that might disqualify someone from
serving in public office. Part 21: The federal budget deficit, foreign
trade, 1988 presidential candidates, and United States-Soviet arms
control negotiations. Part 22: 1988 presidential candidates, and the
re-entry of Gary Hart into the race. All surveys contain demographic
information on respondents.
description: Stratified random digit dialing. Part 5 is an oversample of 
 the southern United States. Part 14 is an oversample of Catholics. 
 Parts 6 and 7, Israel Surveys I and II, are based on two separate 
 samples. The sample for Israel Survey I consists of 1,045 adults (1,012 
 non-Jews and 33 Jews) and represents the correct proportion of Jews and 
 non-Jews across the United States. The survey is weighted to correspond 
 to the same national population parameters used for all national 
 surveys. The sample for Israel Survey II consists of 437 Jews and 
 provides a statistically reliable sample of these respondents. The 
 survey is weighted to reflect only the characteristics of Jews 
nationwide.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: January 4-6, 1987: New York City Survey
DS2: January 18-21, 1987: January Survey
DS3: February 28-March 1, 1987: Tower Commission Report Survey
DS4: March 4, 1987: Tower Commission Report Survey II
DS5: March 28-29, 1987: Television Evangelist Survey
DS6: April 5-8, 1987: Israel Survey I, Jewish and Non-Jewish Respondents
DS7: April 5-8, 1987: Israel Survey II, Jewish Respondents
DS8: May 5-6, 1987: May (Hart) Survey
DS9: May 11-14, 1987: Constitution Poll
DS10: July 9, 1987: North Survey
DS11: July 16, 1987: Poindexter Survey
DS12: July 21-22, 1987: July Survey
DS13: August 16-20, 1987: Catholic Survey
DS14: August 24-28, 1987: Catholic Priest Survey
DS15: September 9-10, 1987: Bork/Arms Control Poll
DS16: September 21-22, 1987: Persian Gulf Poll
DS17: September 29-October 9, 1987: Business World Survey
DS18: October 18-22, 1987: October Survey
DS19: October 21-24, 1987: Iowa Survey
DS20: November 8, 1987: Ginsburg Survey
DS21: November 20-24, 1987: November Poll
DS22: December 15, 1987: Hart Survey II
description: Adults in the United States aged 18 and over. Part 1: New
York City residents aged 18 and over. Part 4: Respondents from Part 3
survey. Part 7: Adult Jews in the United States. Part 15: Roman
Catholic priests in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
Part 17: Graduates of six business schools. Part 19: Iowa residents
aged 18 and over.
description: The data contain blanks, ampersand (&), and dash (-)
codes. Each dataset, except Part 17, contains a weight variable that
must be used in any analysis. Telephone exchanges have been recoded to
"999" for reasons of confidentiality. Part 17 was conducted and used
by The New York Times exclusively.