ABC News economy poll, October 1987
By: principal investigator, ABC News
Series: ICPSR -- 8887; ICPSR (Series) -- 8887
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Public opinion; Consumption (Economics); Economic conditions
Description: The nation's economy was the topic of this poll. Respondents were asked if they thought the economy was getting better or worse, whether they thought they would be better off financially one year from now, if they planned to spend more or less money than last year at Christmas, and whether stock market prices affected them personally. Additional questions related to the impact and causes of the recent fall in stock prices, the federal budget deficit, and the ways in which the Congress and Ronald Reagan were and should be working to reduce it. Demographic data on respondents are included.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: October 1987. Data collected: October 26, 1987.

Telephone interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

Card Image format.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 507 ; variable count: approx. 36 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Households were selected by random digit dialing.

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