ABC News 9/11 Anniversary Poll,
September 2006
ICPSR 4665
Description
Inter-university Consortium for
Political and Social Research
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
www.icpsr.umich.edu
Bibliographic Description
ICPSR Study No.: 4665
Title: ABC News 9/11 Anniversary Poll, September 2006
Principal Investigator(s): ABC News
Series: ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series
ABC News. ABC NEWS 9/11 ANNIVERSARY POLL, SEPTEMBER
2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR04665-v2. Horsham, PA: Taylor Nelson
Bibliographic Citation:
Sofres Intersearch [producer], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-01-24.
Scope of Study
This special topic poll, conducted September 5-7, 2006, is a part of a
continuing series of monthly polls that solicit public opinion on the
Summary:
presidency and on a range of political and social issues. The focus of
this poll was the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way
President George W. Bush was handling the presidency and issues such
as the campaign against terrorism and the situation in Iraq. Information
was collected on how closely respondents were following the upcoming
congressional and gubernatorial election, whether they would vote for
a Democratic or Republican candidate if the election for the United States
House of Representatives were being held that day, and the single most
important issue in their vote for Congress members. Other questions
asked which political party they trusted to do a better job handling the
main problems the nation would face over the next few years, and
whether they approved of the way Congress and their own representative
to the United States House of Representatives were handling their jobs.
Views were also sought on the war in Iraq and Donald Rumsfield’s
handling of his job as Secretary of Defense. Respondents were asked
how well they thought the campaign against terrorism was going, whether
the country was safer from terrorism compared to before September 11,
2001, and whether Osama bin Laden would have to be captured or killed
for the war on terrorism to be a success. Information was collected about
the impact of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on respondents’
lives, how concerned they were about the possibility of more major
terrorist attacks in the United States, how much confidence they had in
the government’s ability to prevent another major terrorist attack, whether
the federal government was intruding on the privacy rights of Americans
in its investigation of possible terrorist attacks, and whether this intrusion
was justified. Additional topics addressed the religion of Islam, new
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airport security measures, and how proud they felt to be an American.
Demographic variables include sex, age, race, education level, household
income, voter registration and participation history, political party
affiliation, political philosophy, employment status, marital status, and
type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural).
attitudes, anxiety, Bush Administration (George W., 2001-), Bush, George
W., congressional elections (US House), congressional elections (US
Subject Term(s):
Senate), Democratic Party (USA), federal government, Iraq War, Islam,
national pride, national security, political attitudes, political parties,
presidential performance, privacy, public opinion, Republican Party
(USA), Rumsfield, Donald, September 11 attack, social issues, terrorism,
terrorist attack, terrorist threats, United States Congress, voter attitudes,
worry
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period: September 2006
Date(s) of Collection: September 5, 2006 – September 7, 2006
Unit of Observation: individual
Persons aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the
contiguous 48 United States.
Universe:
Data Type: survey data
(1) The data available for download are not weighted and users will need
to weight the data prior to analysis. (2) Original reports using these data
Data Collection Notes:
may be found via the ABC News Polling Unit Web site (Link). (3) System
missing values were recoded to -1. (4) FIPS and ZIP variables were
recoded for confidentiality. (5) The variables PCTBLACK, PCTASIAN,
PCTHISP, CONGDIST, BLOCKCNT, MSAFLAG, CSA, CBSA,
METRODIV, ZIP, and NIELSMKT were converted from character to
numeric. (6) According to the data collection instrument, code 3 in the
variable Q909 also included respondents who answered that they had
attended a technical school. (7) Value labels for unknown codes were
added in the CSA, METRODIV, CBSA, and MSA variables. (8) Several
codes in the variable CBSA contain diacritical marks. (9) In Q35NET,
variable and value labels were corrected to refer to the variable Q35.
(10) The CASEID variable was created for use with online analysis.
Methodology
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Households were selected by random-digit dialing. Within households,
the respondent selected was the adult living in the household who last
had a birthday and who was home at the time of the interview.
Sample:
The data contain a weight variable (WEIGHT) that should be used in
analyzing the data. The data were weighted using demographic
Weight:
information from the Census to adjust for sampling and non-sampling
deviations from population values. Respondents customarily were
classified into one of 48 cells based on age, race, sex, and education.
Weights were assigned so the proportion in each of these 48 cells
matched the actual population proportion according to the Census
Bureau’s most recent Current Population Survey.
Mode of Data Collection: telephone interview
CDBK.ICPSR/ DDEF.ICPSR/ FREQ.ICPSR/ REFORM.DATA/
REFORM.DOC
Extent of Processing:
Access and Availability
1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS setup file
+ SPSS setup file + Stata setup file + SAS supplemental syntax file +
Stata supplemental syntax file + data collection instrument
Extent of Collection:
Logical Record Length with SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files, SAS
transport (CPORT) file, SPSS system file, Stata system file, and
tab-delimited ASCII data file
Data Format:
Original ICPSR Release: 2008-01-04
Version History: The last update of this study occurred on 2008-01-24.
2008-01-24 – Incorrect variable and value labels for Q35NET were
corrected to refer to the variable Q35. System missing values in variables
INCOME and RACENET were recoded to -1.
Detailed file-level information (such as LRECL, case count, and variable
count) may be found in the file manifest.
Note:
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