ABC News/Washington Post pre-summit poll, December 1987
By: principal investigators, ABC News, Washington Post
Series: ICPSR -- 8922; ICPSR (Series) -- 8922
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Arms control; Public opinion; Foreign relations; Politics and government
Other titles: Washington post (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Description: This survey was conducted prior to the Reagan-Gorbachev summit meeting that began in Washington, D.C. on December 7, 1987. Respondents were asked to rate Reagan's performance as president, with special emphasis on United States policy toward and relations with the Soviet Union. Other questions focused upon Mikhail Gorbachev, the upcoming summit, and arms control. Demographic characteristics of respondents are included.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: November-December 1987. Data collected: November 30-December 2, 1987.

Telephone interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

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

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,007 ; variable count: approx. 72 ; 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.