ABC News/Washington Post poll, March 1985
By: principal investigators, ABC News, Washington Post
Series: ICPSR -- 8563; ICPSR (Series) -- 8563
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Public opinion; Politics and government; Economic conditions; Foreign relations
Other titles: Washington post (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Description: In this survey respondents were asked a series of questions related to Reagan's performance as president, the nation's economy and the budget deficit, the MX missile, United States involvement in Central America and Nicaragua, arms control, and leaders of the Democratic party. Additional questions focused on the United States' military involvement in Vietnam and its impact on the trust placed in leaders in Washington both then and now. Demographic characteristics of respondents also are included.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: March 1985. Data collection: March 1985.

Telephone interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

Card image data format. For reasons of confidentiality, respondents' zip codes and phone numbers have been replaced with blanks. A weight variable is included, which must be used in all analysis.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,506 ; variable count: approx. 109 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 3.

Households were selected by random digit dialing.

Universe: The population of the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, aged 18 and over.