The Evangelical voter in the United States, 1983
By: principal investigators, Stuart Rothenberg and Frank Newport
Series: ICPSR -- 8354; ICPSR (Series) -- 8354
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Number of pages: 1000
Subjects: Christians; Attitudes; Christianity and politics; Voting; Politics and government; Public opinion
Description: Self-identified Christian voters were interviewed in this survey. Interviewers probed for responses on a variety of political issues, as well as for religious opinions and behavior. Political issues included the nuclear freeze, the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion, prayer in schools, U.S. intervention and aid in Central America, and defense spending. Other data include voting behavior in the 1980 Presidential election, projected voting in the 1984 election, and opinions of various public figures and religious groups. The importance of religious views in the selection of political candidates was assessed by each individual, in addition to opinions and experiences concerning the involvement of religious leaders with politics. Information was also gathered on religious behavior such as church attendance and watching religious television programs. Data on sex, race, educational level, occupation, income, and political party registration are included.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class III.

Data collected: July 15-19, 1983.

Telephone interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

Funded by the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, The Institute for Government and Politics.

Case count: 1,000 ; variable count: 75 ; logical record length: 88 ; records per case: 1 ; file structure: rectangular.

In a national, random-digit dial sample of telephone households, questions concerning religious beliefs were used to screen for persons fitting a specific definition of "evangelical" Christians. The sample includes--but is not limited to--both Protestants and Catholics, and includes a large number of persons indentifying themselves as being "born again."

Universe: All telephone households in the 48 contiguous United States.

Rothenberg, Stuart, and Frank Newport. The Evangelical Voter: Religion and Politics in America. Washington: Free Congress Research & Education Foundation, 1984.

Newport, Frank, and V. Lance Tarrance, Jr. "Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, and Political Issues in the 1984 Elections." Election Politics, Vol. I, Winter 1983-1984.