ABC News/Washington Post poll, June 1987
By: principal investigators, ABC News, Washington Post
Series: ICPSR -- 8847; ICPSR (Series) -- 8847
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Budget; Public opinion; Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990; Presidents; Election; Politics and government
Other titles: Washington post (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Description: This data collection is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that evaluate the Reagan presidency and solicit opinions on a variety of political and social issues. Topics covered include the federal budget deficit and possible ways to reduce it, the Iran-contra affair, the congressional hearings investigating the affair and questions relating to the involvement of Reagan and Bush, issues important to the 1988 presidential election, characteristics of candidates that might influence the respondent's vote, and United States involvement in the Persian Gulf. Demographic characteristics of respondents also were recorded.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: June 1987. Data collected: June 25-29, 1987.

Telephone interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

Card image data format. For reasons of confidentiality, respondents' zip codes have been recoded to blanks. A weight variable is included that must be used in any analysis.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,506 ; variable count: approx. 110 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 4.

Households were selected by random digit dialing.

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