1988 Time Series Study
Post-election Wave
View the 1988 Post-election Respondent Booklet
View the 1988 Post-election Questionnaire
View the 1988 Post-election Questionnaire
Administration of the 1988 Post-election Respondent Booklet:
Question | Card/Page | Variables | Description |
B1a-B1h, B1j, B1k, B1m, B1n; B2a-B2h, B2j, B2k, B2m, B2n, B2p-B2z, B2aa-B2cc | Page 1 | V880592-V880629 | Feeling Thermometer for 12 individuals; Feeling Thermometer for 26 groups |
C13, C13a(a)-C13a(h); C16, C16a(a)-C16a(h); C18, C18a(a)-C18a(h); C20, C20a(a)-C20a(h) | Page 2 | V880715-V880723, V880726-V880734, V880736-V880744, V880746-V880754 | R’s contact with House incumbent, challenger, Dem/Rep candidates (8 options) |
J1 | Page 3 | V880866 | School prayer (4 options) |
L1a-L1f; P1a-P1e | Page 5 | V880924-V880929, V880936, V880951, V880961, V880937 | 5-point scale (Agree/Disagree) on various issues (equal opportunity/equal opportunity between races/moral traditionalism/political efficacy of R/external political efficacy) |
L2, L2a; P2, P2a | Page 6 | V880930, V880931 | First, second choices on most important of 4 national goals |
L5; P5 | Page 7 | V880934 | Statements about Bible validity (4 options) |
M1a-M1h, M1j; M4a-M4d; M11a-M11e; Q1a-Q1f; Q4a-f; Q11a-d | Page 8 | V880925-V880927, V880936-V880944, V880951-V880954, V880961-V880965, V880972, V880973 | 5-point scale (Agree/Disagree) on various issues (equal opportunity/equal opportunity between races/moral traditionalism/political efficacy of R/external political efficacy) |
M14a-M14d; Q14a-Q14d | Page 9 | V880968-V880971 | R’s feelings about being an American |
M15a-M15c; Q15a-Q15f | Page 10 | V880928, V880929, V880942-V880944, V880972-V880974 | 5-point scale (Agree/Disagree) on various issues (U.S. world power vs. communist threat/equal opportunity/equal opportunity between races/moral traditionalism/political efficacy of R/external political efficacy) |
N3a-N3h, N3j | Page 4 | V881014-V881022 | 4-point scale (Extremely well/Not well at all) on traits describing President Reagan (Same vars as P3a-P3h, P3j in 1988 pre) |
R1a-R1h, R1j, R1k, R1m, R1n, R1p-R1r; R2a | Page 11 | V881097-V881113 | Closeness to 15 groups; Group R feels closest to |