- APPENDIX B -
pilot studies
NES Pilot study results are used for planning subsequent time-series
(biennial) NES studies. Except for 1979, all NES Pilot studies have
been conducted by telephone on a subsample of respondents from the
preceding time series study [EXCEPTION: THE 1979 PILOT WAS CONDUCTED
IN PERSON ON AN INDEPENDENT RANDOM SAMPLE].
Data have been collected in 2 waves in all Pilot studies except 1991
and 1993 [1 wave each]. Several forms of questionnaires are used in
all Pilot study administrations: forms A and B in
1979,1983,1985,1987; forms A, B, C and D in 1989; forms 1,2,3 in 1991;
forms A, A1, B and B1 in 1993 (ALSO CALLED FORMS 1,2,3,4 ACCORDING TO
THEIR CODING).
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1979 PILOT STUDY
Dataset
928 variables and 280 respondents. Wave II vars are padded with
missing data codes for 44 cases without reinterviews. 117 vars
represent questions unique to form A, and 120 vars represent
questions unique to form B. All other questions are present in
both forms A and B, however with considerable differences between
forms in question order. Variables combine data from questions
administered in both wave I and wave II (variables not wave-
specific).
Experiments
- Ratings of "republicans" and "democrats" were compared with
ratings of "republican party" and "democratic party."
- In the feeling thermometers, use of a minimally-labeled
thermometer (0, 50, 100 degrees) was compared with a
thermometer labeled at nine points.
- In the issues sections, branching format was compared with a
7-point scale, and alternate wordings and differing salience
measures were compared.
- New material included social network questions, personal
goals, "images" of political leaders (open-ended
description), partisan images and affective preferences
(rating of 'democrats,' 'republicans,' 'independents,' and
self on various scales), conception of ideal president and
evaluation of candidates according to ideal standard, causes
and cures of inflation/ unemployment, party id close-ended
definitions, preferential voting (rating Presidential
candidates), and possible candidates - sources of
information.
1979 [con't]
VAR # DESCRIPTION
3 - 8 Processing vars wave I
9 -14 Processing vars wave II
15 -45 Demographics
46 -90 Social network
91-100 Goals: personal and U.S.
101 Liberal/conservative self-placement
102-106 Past voting behavior
107-116 Interest in politics, media use
117-134 Thermometers
135-144 Candidate preference (R likes
most/least), which cands R would vote
for
145-179 Party likes/dislikes and party system
support
180-221 Partisan images
222-270 Party identification and support
271-348 Issues Wave I
349-438 Issues Wave II
439-492 Important problems
493-557 Media information & discussions about
possible presidential
candidates
558-575 Personal and national economic outlook;
Carter economic
performance
576-596 Inflation and taxes: policy and
personal impact
597-619 Inflation: causes and cures
620-640 Unemployment: causes and cures
641-672 Conception of ideal President
673-800 Candidate traits, evaluations of
candidates using ideal model
801-848 Candidate likes/dislikes
849-928 Candidate affects and images
1983 PILOT STUDY
Dataset
404 variables, a subsample of 314 respondents from the 1982
National Election Study (initially stratified by degree of
interest in politics, then by degree of urbanicity). Wave II
variables are padded with missing-data codes for 40 cases without
reinterview. 94 vars represent questions unique to form A or
form B, and 4 vars represent the liberal/conservative self-
placement experiment (see below.) All other questions are
present in both forms A and B with identical question-numbering
and sequencing.
New Items
New items include questions on economic well-being, group
identification, values, political participation, and candidate
affect.
1983 [con't]
Experiment
- Liberal/conservative self-placement on a seven-point scale
(form A) is compared with liberal/conservative self-
placement, branching format (form B.)
VAR # DESCRIPTION
wave I
2001-2007 Processing vars.
2101-2102 Evaluation of presidential performance
2103-2128 Financial condition, personal and national
2129-2139 Personal impact of economy
2140-2166 Economic group identification; economic
conditions of groups
2169-2178 Values
2182-2199 Feeling thermometers
2200-2203 Party identification
2204-2207 Political participation
2208-2219 Candidate affects
2220-2249 Candidate traits
2250-2258 Values
2259-2319 Candidate traits
2321-2356 Personal
wave II
3001-3008 Processing vars
3101-3103 Candidate preferences
3104-3107 Liberal/conservative self-placement
3108-3119 Political group identification; impact of
group on R
3120-3125 Values
3128-3165 Candidate traits
3166-3190 Gender discrimination
3192-3206 Attitudes: gender equality (form A)/ racial
equality (form B)
3208-3215 ERA, school integration, government services
3216-3227 Attitudes: gender equality (form A)/ racial
equality (form B)
1985 PILOT STUDY
Dataset
511 variables and 429 respondents. Eligible 1984 time-series
respondents were stratified by political interest before a cross-
section sample was drawn; in addition, respondents over 60 years
old were over-sampled to ensure at least 100 respondents in that
age group (var 7004 filters cross-section from over-sample).
Wave II variables are padded with missing-data codes for 84 cases
without reinterviews. 42 vars represent questions unique to form
A or form B. 20 vars represent identical questions for which
form A placement differs from form B placement (see below). All
other questions were present in both forms A and B with identical
question-numbering and sequencing.
Special Content
Content areas emphasized are: political knowledge; group
membership; identification of elderly, black, and women
respondents with these social groupings; opinions on racial
issues; and opinions on traditional moral values.
Experiments
Form A respondents were asked Ronald Reagan and Ted Kennedy issue
placements (for branching format Central American policy and for
branching format government help to blacks) immediately after
their own placements, while form B respondents were asked the
same Reagan and Kennedy issue placements at the end of the
interview. Other form A/B experiments involved differences in
wording and question format on issues of civic responsibilities,
affirmative action, and inflation and cost-of-living.
VAR # DESCRIPTION
wave I
7001-7011 Study procedures
7082-7094 Study procedures
7101-7106 Moral traditionalism
7107-7110 Party identification
7111,8539,8425 Decision-making in R's life
7113-7137 Representative/senator: contact,
performance, issue stands, official
posts, why s/he "stands out"
7201-7228 Protest activities
7229-7240 Federal budget priorities
7301-7308 Central American policy
7309-7318 Government aid to blacks
7320-7326 Series for the elderly
7327-7331 Series for women
7332-7333 Series for the elderly
7334-7337 Series for women
7401-7410 Civic responsibilities
7411-7419 Equal opportunity (racial): government
role
7420-7427 Affirmative action
7428-7437 Affirmative action issue: R affect
7501-7502 Inflation
7503-7504 Cost of living
7505-7507 Balanced budget constitutional amendment
7508,7509 Unemployment, the death penalty
7510-7519 Race relations issue: R affect
1985 [con't]
VAR # DESCRIPTION
7520-7533 Work status, conditions
7534-7543 Central American Policy
7544-7553 Government aid to blacks
wave II
8001-8006 Study procedures
8082-8091 Study procedures
8101-8110 Moral traditionalism
8111-8146 Feeling thermometers
8147-8149 Reagan approval, evaluation
8201-8207 Equality/ equal opportunity
8208-8211 Liberal/conservative self-placement
8212-8226 Reasons why blacks are disadvantaged,
evaluation of blacks' status
8227-8234 Social status of various groups
8235-8245 Reasons for poverty
8301-8306 Series for women
8307-8308,8312 Series for the elderly
8309-8311 Series for women
8314-8333 Civic responsibilities
8334-8339 Affirmative action
8401-8406 Equality/ equal opportunity
8407-8408 R's neighborhood: how many elderly,
likelihood of school busing
8409-8412 Opportunities for whites/blacks
8413-8424 Evaluation of Reagan performance (SEE 7111
for 8425)
8426-8431 Economic positions of R/ women/ the
elderly
8501-8514 Political knowledge: individuals and
domestic issues
8515-8521 Party alignments of individuals and groups
8522-8527 Political knowledge: foreign relations
8528-8538 Work status, conditions (SEE 7111 for
8539)
8540-8541 Affirmative action
8601-8660 Organizational membership, support and
activity
1987 PILOT STUDY
Dataset
1345 variables (363 fixed-response, 982 open-ended) and 457
respondents. Eligible respondents from the 1986 pre-post
National Election Study were stratified for voter knowledge and
interest, and strata sampling rates were calculated to compensate
for differences in anticipated response rates (a "standard"
sample subset is obtainable by using var 2317 as a filter). 639
vars (599 open-ended) represent questions unique to form A, and
341 vars (313 open-ended) represent questions unique to form B.
All other questions were present in both form A and form B,
however with numerous differences in sequencing and question-
numbering between forms.
Experiments
- 3 domestic policy items (government spending/services,
government guaranteed jobs/standard of living, government
aid to blacks) were used to elicit information about "what
was on people's minds" concerning these issues. Form A
respondents were asked to "talk about" each issue (open-
ended) just after answering a fixed-response question about
the issue. Form B respondents were asked to give their
thoughts about each issue BEFORE answering a fixed-response
question about the issue. Up to 12 variables are coded to
describe R's open-ended response regarding each of the 3
policy items, using the following 4 measures (up to 3
comments each): direction of comment, frame of reference &
specific content, intensity, complexity of thought.
- In both waves, feeling thermometers were placed near the
beginning of the interview for form A respondents, but near
the end of the interview for form B respondents.
- The question, "did you vote in the 1986 elections for U.S.
Congress last November?" appeared in both form A and form B,
but it was preceded in form B only with the more general
question, "thinking back over the last four national
elections, that is the presidential elections of 1980 and
1984 and the Congressional elections of 1982 and 1986, did
you vote in any of these elections?"
- Framing: welfare items were asked within a "poverty" frame
in form A, within in a "welfare" frame in form B.
VAR # DESCRIPTION
wave 1
2001-2141 Study procedures
2151-2155 Reagan approval and performance on economy
2157-2171 Thermometers
2172-2175 Nationalism
2176-2179 Equality
2180-2183 Party ID
2184-2191 Reagan traits
2192-2197 Moral traditionalism
2198-2202 Roles of U.S. representatives
2203-2209 Welfare and poverty
2210 Which party can handle the economy
2211-2214 Reagan affects
2215-2217 Liberal/conservative
2218 Government spending/services
2220-2227 Morality
2245 Strength of U.S. military (GAP)
1987 [con't]
VAR # DESCRIPTION
2246-2249,2267 Central America (GAP)
2268 Party to avoid war
2269 Guaranteed job/standard of living
2270-2274 Party ID
2275-2278 Deficit and Contra aid spending, military
Contra aid
2279 Government aid to blacks
2281-2282 Reagan performance as president
2283-2287 Roles of U.S. senators
2288-2289 Did R vote in past/in 1986
2290 Government spending/services
2292 Guaranteed job/standard of living
2294-2298 Party ID
2299-2300 Taxes, inflation
2301 Government aid to blacks
2303 Liberal/conservative
2309-2312 Welfare
3001-3005 Study procedures
3006-3010 Party ID (GAP)
3101-3147 Government spending/services (GAP)
3201-3251 Government spending/services (GAP)
3301-3347 Guaranteed job/standard of living (GAP)
3401-3451 Guaranteed job/standard of living (GAP)
3501-3547 Government aid to blacks (GAP)
3601-3651 Government aid to blacks (GAP)
3701-3729 Reagan performance as president (GAP)
3801-3845 Government spending/services (GAP)
3901-3945 Guaranteed job/standard of living (GAP)
4001-4061 Government aid to blacks
wave 2
5001-5141 Study procedures (GAP)
5151-5158 Patriotism
5159-5168 Thermometers
5169-5175 Trust and efficacy of the political system
5176-5179 Party ID
5180-5183 Morality
5184-5193 Roles of U.S. representatives and senators
5194-5205 Knowledge about candidates
5210-5213 Liberal/conservative
5214,5215 Homosexuals and abortion
5216-5223 Trust and efficacy of the political system
5224 Government aid to blacks
5225 Government spending/services
5226-5228 Morality
5229-5265 Foreign policy
5266 Guaranteed job/standard of living
5267-5278 Internal political efficacy, trust of the
political system
5282-5284 Economic position of blacks
5285 Women's role
5286-5293 National and state level party ID
1987 [con't]
VAR # DESCRIPTION
5294-5297 Reagan performanace on taxes, inflation,
as president
5300,5301 Party ID
5303-5306 Liberal/Conservative
5307 Government aid to blacks
5308 Guaranteed job/standard ofliving
5309 Government spending/services
5310-5313 Deficit and Contra aid spending, military
aid
5315-5325 Trust and efficacy of political system
5326 Homosexuals
5327 Party ID
5330 Internal political efficacy
6006-6010 Party ID (GAP)
6101-6147 Guaranteed job/standard of living (GAP)
6201-6253 Guaranteed job/standard of living (GAP)
6301-6347 Government spending/services (GAP)
6401-6453 Government spending/services (GAP)
6501-6547 Government aid to blacks (GAP)
6601-6653 Government aid to blacks
1989 PILOT STUDY
Dataset
633 variables and 614 respondents. Eligible respondents of the
1988 pre-post National Election Study were stratified for voter
knowledge, using a Political Information Index modeled on the
index used in 1987, and strata sampling rates were calculated to
compensate for differences in anticipated response rates. A
"standard" sample subset is obtained by using variable 7012 as a
filter.
Unlike previous pilot studies, 4 forms (A, B, C, D) rather than 2
were used. Forms A-D appear both in Wave I and Wave II.
New Items
This Pilot Study includes new measures of: religious identity
and political salience of religion; media exposure and type of
information recalled; individualism items (autonomy, self-
reliance, laissez-faire or limited government); gun control;
abortion; the Alaska oil spill.
1989 [con't]
Experiments
Numerous experiments contrasted different instrumentation for
issue questions: seven-point scales versus branching format,
alternate frames, framed versus 'stripped' questions, unipolar
versus bipolar scales, labeled versus unlabeled scales, filtered
("...or haven't you thought much about this?") versus unfiltered
questions. For the feeling thermometers, a ten-point scale was
compared with the usual 100-point scale.
VAR # DESCRIPTION
wave 1
7001-7020 Study procedures (GAP)
7151 Interest in politics
7152-7166 Reagan retrospective: approve/disapprove,
like/dislike job as President
7167-7192 Recall: House, Senate candidates *
7201-7260 Thermometers (GAP) &
7270-7287 Contact: House, Senate incumbents *$
7288-7291 Did R vote in 1988 presidential election &
for whom $
7301-7307 Liberal/conservative @#
7308-7311 Affirmative action +
7312-7314 Stealth bomber +\
7315-7321 Federal budget
7322-7330 Women's rights ~
7331 Defense spending ^
7332 Central America ^
7333 Gun control ^
7334-7336 Party ID ^
7337-7341 Defense spending !
7342-7346 Central America !
7347-7351 Gun control !
7352-7355 Party ID !
7356-7363 no. days & attention to news on TV/in
newspapers $
7364-7369 Individualism
7401 Abortion \
7402-7405 Cooperation with Russia \
7406-7408 ERA
7409-7411 Welfare +
7412-7414 Alaska oil drilling +\
7415-7417 Death penalty +\
7418-7420 Drug testing +\
7421-7422 Contra aid +\
7424-2427 Government aid to blacks \
7428-7429 Aids research +
7431-7435 Affirmative action $
7436-7444 Media exposure, type of exposure $
7445-7448 Media exposure, type of exposure
7449-7480 Media stories recognition and recall
7501-7506 Limited and laissez-faire government
1989 [con't]
VAR # DESCRIPTION
wave 2
8001-8009 Study procedures (GAP)
8101-8124 Media exposure, type of exposure $
8125-8130 Women's rights ~
8131-8133 Stealth bomber +\
8134-8160 Religious identity, background, practice and
ideology
8201-8243 Religious identity, background, practice and
ideology
8301-8362 Religious identity, background, practice and
ideology
8401-8407 Liberal/conservative @#
8408-8411 Affirmative action $
8412-8417 Defense spending ^!
8418-8423 Central America ^!
84424-8429 Gun control ^!
8430-8436 Party ID ^!
8437-8443 Media exposure, type of exposure $
8444-8447 Type of newspaper stories
8448-8453 Social welfare ~
8501-8512 Social welfare ~
8513-8518 Abortion, parental consent
8519-8529 Government intervention and individual self-
sufficiency/self-determinism
8530-8533 Cooperation with Russia \
8534 Abortion \
8535-8536 Contra aid +\
8538-8540 Welfare spending +
8541-8543 Alaska oil drilling +\
8544-8546 Dealth penalty +\
8547-8549 Drug testing +\
8550-8553 Government aid to blacks \
8554-8555 Aids +
8601-8630 Media stories recognition and recall
8631-8636 Social welfare ~
8637-8644 Religious leaders speaking out on
social/political issues
8647-8650 Religious practice including religious media
exposure
key to symbols:
* part of question-order experiment
& 10-point versus 100-point experiment
$ question wording experiment
@ part of 7-point scale versus branching experiment
# alternate label experiment
+ part of framing experiment
\ part of framed versus 'stripped' experiment
~ part of unipolar versus bipolar experiment
^ part of filtered versus unfiltered (unlabeled) 7-point scale
experiment
! Part of filtered versus unfiltered labeled branching format
experiment
1991 PILOT STUDY
The interviews administered in the 1991 Pilot also constitute the
second wave of the 3-wave NES "Political Consequences of War"
panel (which is represented in the main body of the Continuity
Guide). The 1991 Pilot Study/ Panel data file also contains 1990
NES post variables (wave 1 of the panel). The Pilot portion of
the data file contains 386 vars [excl. some contextual vars].
1385 telephone interviews were conducted June 4- July 31, 1991
with 1990 post respondents. Interview length was limited to
approximately 40 minutes, however the design of the
questionnaires accomodated 30 minutes for the panel component and
30 minutes of new instrumentation (pilot): new instrumentation
was divided into 3 forms of 10 minutes apiece. Form assignment
was based on respondent's assignment to Form A/B in the 1990
post-election study. Two-thirds of 1990 Form A respondents were
assigned to Form One, and two-thirds of 1990 Form B respondents
were assigned to Form Two. The remaining respondents were
assigned to Form Three. Partitioning into thirds of 1990 Form A
and Form B respondents was random. Form assignment is summarized
as follows:
FRACTION OF 1990 RESPONDENTS, ASSIGNED TO: 1991 PILOT FORM
1990 FORM CONTENT 1991 PILOT FORM CONTENT
2/3 Form A - values (individualism, ===> Form One -
equalitarianism, racial immigration-related
attitudes, etc.) component
1/3 Form A - as above ===> Form Three - social network,
political knowledge, Social
Security/Medicaid/elderly
medical care, nuclear power
and endangered species
2/3 Form B - partisan differences, ===> Form Two -
foreign policy, gender-related componet
"women's role" scale
1/3 Form B - as above ===> Form Three - as above
A small response-incentives experiment was also implemented.
Respondents with good mailing addresses and telephones were
divided into 4 roughly-equal groups: 1) those who received no
advance communication from NES; 2) those who received a letter
saying that an interviewer would be calling for an interview
shortly; 3) those who received the advance letter and a pen with
a University of Michigan logo; 4) those who received the advance
letter and $1.
Question content is as follows:
VAR # DESCRIPTION
1-711 1990 Post vars
2002-2070 Pilot/panel processing vars
2100-2111 Why R would vote for/against Bush in 1992
(open-end)
2112-2123 Approve/disapprove Bush presidency, on
economy and foreign
relations
2200-2264 Thermometers and probes
2300-2303 Approve/disapprove Congress
2304-2316 Party differences (open-end)
2317-2328 Approve/disapprove Representative and
senators
2329-2333 Party ID
2334-2338 Most important problem facing U.S.
1991 [con't]
VAR # DESCRIPTION
2400-2409 Foreign policy
2410-2413 Approve/disapprove Bush on Persian Gulf
policy
2414-2416 Party differences on issues
2417-2418 Patriotism
2450-2454 Liberal/conservatives scales
2455-2462 Nation's/R's economic condition
2475-2478 Defense spending scale
2479 If House race were now, who would R vote for
2480 Congressional term limitations
2481-2486 War, the military, U.S. position in world,
isolationism
2487-2489 Trust in government
2500-2557 "Consequences of War" Persian Gulf items
2558-2563 Preferential hiring and promotion of blacks
2580 Attention to religious programming
2600 Government services/spending, 7-pt. scale
(FORM ONE)
2601-2630 Immigration/ethnic diversity issues (FORM
ONE)
2700 Government services/spending, 7-pt. scale
with example (health and
education) (FORM TWO)
2701-2733 Gender-related issues (FORM TWO)
2800-2803 Government services/spending, branching
format (FORM THREE)
2804-2810 Nuclear power plants, pollution and
endangered species vs. protecting
jobs (FORM THREE)
2811-2827 Social Security/Medicare/medical care for
elderly (FORM THREE)
2828-2847 Social network (FORM THREE)
2848-2854 Political knowledge (FORM THREE)
2900-2926 Contextual data
1993 PILOT STUDY
The interviews of the 1993 Pilot also constitute the third wave
of the 4-wave Panel Study on "Securing Electoral Success." The
1993 Pilot/Panel data file includes the 1992 Pre and Post
election variables (which comprise waves 1 and 2).
Telephone interviews were conducted September 23-November 24,
1993; eligible for interviewing were all of the 1,005 so-called
'Cross-section' respondents** from the 1992 National Election
study: all 1,005 respondents are included in the 1993
Pilot/Panel data file whether they granted a 1993 Pilot/Panel
interview or not. As in the 1991 Pilot, approximately 40 minutes
were budgeted for interviewing. The 4 forms were randomly
assigned.
EXPERIMENTAL CONTENT.
Ballot card. Half of the respondents were supplied with the
names as well as the parties of the candidates for
Congress (emulating the Ballot card) when asked
for whom they voted; the other half were simply
asked whether they voted for the Democrat or
Republican. This design was included to help
determine whether use of the ballot card
contributes to over-reporting (V7185, V7283).
Wording. Description of the Clinton package as "budget package"
or "deficit reduction package" (V7200).
Probing. Certainty probe on liberal-conservative scale for self
placement and placement of political objects (V7208,
7211, 7216, 7219, 7221, 7223).
Placement. Ordering self placement on the liberal-
conservative 7-point scale before and after
placement of political object [Clinton] (V7205-
7219).
Followup. Opinion held "strongly/not strongly" or "a
lot/some(what)" (V7262,7266,7291,7294,7300, 7303).
Order (series). Order of evaluations changed in the 'interest
basis of politics' section (V7374-7422),
wherein R evaluates the effects of a
government policy upon list of objects:
(Forms 1,2) upon self, various social groups,
country-as-a-whole; (Forms 3,4) upon
country-as-a-whole, various social groups,
self.
NEW CONTENT.
Interest basis of political attitudes (V7371-7422). Questions
are asked about perceived interests of several groups-- wealthy,
poor, middle class, blacks, whites-- as well as interest of self
and national interest. Three domains are covered: national
health insurance, affirmative action (half sample), and school
choice (half sample).
Attitudes toward homosexuals (V7289-7294, 7336-7365). These
questions include:
- parents should encourage boys to be masculine and girls to
be feminine
- homosexuality is a matter of choice
- homosexuals try to seduce non-homosexuals
- idea of homosexuality is disgusting or uncomfortable
- worry about getting AIDS/other disease from homosexuals
- homosexuality is unnatural
- homosexuals have too much/little influence
- homosexuality is against the will of God
1993 [con't]
Attitudes toward policies relating to homosexuals (V7324-7335).
These questions include:
- favor/oppose laws protecting homosexuals from job
discrimination
- whether homosexuals should serve in the military
- should homosexual couples be allowed to adopt children
** NOTE: ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE 1992 SAMPLE COMPRISES A NATIONAL
CROSS-SECTION,
IT WAS NECESSARY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CASES WHERE THE
RESPONDENT HAD
BEEN INTERVIEWED PREVIOUSLY (IN 1990 AND POSSIBLY 1991, "PANEL"
CASES)
FROM FRESH CASES DRAWN FROM THE SAME SAMPLE FRAME ("CROSS-
SECTION"
CASES).
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AUTOQUEST WAS
USED TO RANDOMIZE THE ORDER OF ITEMS LISTED IN THE FEELING
THERMOMETER SECTION. (ALTHOUGH IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT RESPONSES
ARE FREQUENTLY AFFECTED BY THE RESPONSES TO PREVIOUS ITEMS, IT IS
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY A SINGLE ORDER WHICH ELIMINATES THE
EFFECT). HOWEVER, NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORDER IN WHICH THE
THERMOMETER ITEMS WERE ASKED FOR A GIVEN RESPONDENT WAS
PRESERVED.
VARIABLES IN PILOT DATA:
7000-7026 Study procedures/administration
7101-7120 Clinton performance evaluation (job as President,
economy, relations with foreign
countries, homosexuals in the military, Bosnia)
7121-7129 House candidate recall
7130-7149 Feeling thermometers
7150 Does R know who founded United We Stand
7151-7160 Probes for thermometers
7161 If R voted today for President, for whom would R vote
7162-7173 Likes/dislikes about R's Representataive
7174-7183 Contact from Representative
7184 Did R vote in November (FORMS 1,3)
7185 For whom did R vote in November for House race (FORMS
1,3)
7186-7190 R's/family's/friend's initiated contact with
Represented
7191-7194 Approve/disapprove of Representative
7195-7199 Representative's support of Clinton's proposals
7200-7202 Representative's support of Clinton's deficit
reduction/ budget package
7203 Representative keeping in touch with district
7204-7208 Liberal-conservative self-placement (FORMS 1,2)
7209-7211 Liberal-conservative Clinton placement (FORMS 1,2)
7212-7216 Liberal-conservative Clinton placement (FORMS 3,4)
7217-7219 Liberal-conservative self-placement (FORMS 3,4)
7220-7221 Liberal-conservative Perot placement
7222-7223 Liberal-conservative Representative placement
7224-7225 Liberal-conservative Democratic Party, Republican party
placements
7226-7230 Clinton traits
7231-7235 Perot traits
1993 [con't]
7236 Country going in right direction/ on wrong track
7237 U.S. position in world
7238-7241 R's financial condition in past year
7242-7245 R's financial condition in next year
7246-7249 Will taxes go up/down in next year
7250-7253 National economy's condition in past year
7254-7258 Economic policies have made nation's economy
better/worse
7259 National economy in next year
7260 Standard of living 20 years from now better/same/worse
7261-7266 Effects of free trade on U.S.
7267-7270 Clinton affects
7271-7274 Perot affects
7275 Better to have parties of Congress and President same
or split
7276-7277 Proportions of Clinton tax increases/spending cuts
7278-7281 Party performance on issues
7282 Did R vote past November (FORMS 2,4)
7283 For whom did R vote in November for House race (FORMS
2,4)
7284-7288 NAFTA approval/disapproval
7289-7294 Gender socialization
7295-7296 Does R think of self as independent
7297-7303 Approval of Congress
7304 How much attention do elected Senators and
Representatives pay to electorate
7305-7311 Various agree/disagree items: support of the political
system
7312-7314 United We Stand America/ Perot contact and support
7315-7323 'Budget politics:' taxes/services/spending
7324-7335 Policies relating to homosexuals
7336-7365 Attitudes toward homosexuals
7366-7370 R's party ID
7371-7373 Opinion on government's role in health insurance
7374-7384 Interest basis of political attitudes - national health
insurance
7385-7404 Interest basis of political attitudes - school choice
(FORMS 1,2)
7405-7422 Interest basis of political attitudes - affirmative
action (FORMS 3,4)