American Citizen Participation Screener Study, 1990

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sidney Verba, Harvard University; Kay Lehman Schlozman, Boston College; Henry Brady, University of California, Berkeley; Norman Nie, University of Chicago

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Project Citation:

Verba, Sidney, Lehman Schlozman, Kay, Brady, Henry, and Nie, Norman. American Citizen Participation Screener Study, 1990. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-01-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E100384V1

Project Description

Summary: This screener survey is Part 1 of a two-part study designed to examine political and nonpolitical civic participation in the United States. Part 1—the screener survey—was conducted by telephone with more than 15,000 adults nationwide. Part 2—the follow-up study (ICPSR 6635) —included in-person interviews with 2,517 of the original participants. Respondents were asked to respond to questions on various topics, including their interest in politics, party identification, voting status, and activity in community politics. In addition, respondents were asked about their campaign activities, including the kind of work they had done, and how much money and time they had contributed to campaigns for various elections. Respondents also provided information about their own personal experiences with government programs, as well as their opinions on national and social problems in the United States and why people in the United States aren't more active in politics. Demographic variables measured in this study include respondent's educational background, occupation, church activity and religious affiliation, race and ethnicity, age, gender, and union membership.

Funding Sources: Spencer Foundation; Ford Foundation; National Science Foundation; Hewlett Foundation

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: campaign contributions; citizen attitudes; citizen participation; political activism; political affiliation; political campaigns; political interest; political participation; voting behavior

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 8/1/1989 – 1/31/1990

Collection Date(s): 8/1/1989 – 1/31/1990

Universe: Adults 18 years and older in the United States.

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Response Rate: 1. Response Rate 1: 51.7% (Response Rate 1 (RR1) is the minimum response rate.)
2. Response Rate 2: 52.5% (Response Rate 2 (RR2) counts partial interviews as respondents.)
3. Response Rate 3: 54.6% (Response Rate 3 (RR3) includes an estimate of what proportion of cases of unknown eligibility is actually eligible.)
4. Response Rate 4: 55.4% (Response Rate 4 (RR4) includes an estimate of what proportion of cases of unknown eligibility is actually eligible, and includes partial interviews as completes.)
5. Cooperation Rate 1: 67.7% (Cooperation Rate 1 (COOP1) is the minimum cooperation rate.)
6. Cooperation Rate 2: 68.7% (Cooperation Rate 2 (COOP2) Counts partial interviews as respondents.)
7. Cooperation Rate 3: 69.6% (Cooperation Rate 3 (COOP3) defines those unable to do an interview as also incapable of cooperating.)
8. Cooperation Rate 4: 70.7% (Cooperation Rate 4 (COOP4) does the same as COOP3 but includes partials as interviews.)
9. Refusal Rate 1: 21.8% (Refusal Rate 1 is the number of refusals divided by the interviews (completes and partial) plus the non-respondents plus the cases of unknown eligibility.)
10. Refusal Rate 2: 23.0% (Refusal Rate 2 includes estimated eligible cases among the unknown cases similar to Response Rates 3 and 4.)
11. Refusal Rate 3: 25.7% (Refusal Rate 3 is analogous to Response Rates 5 and 6.)

Sampling: Clustered probability sample administered by telephone.

Data Source: American Citizen Participation Screener Study, 1990

Collection Mode(s): computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI)

Weights: The variable “weight#” adjusts for gender representation among the U.S. adult population in 1990. There is one weight for women and one for men. To better understand how the weight was constructed, simple run a crosstab of the variable “weight#” by “rgender#.”

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals

Geographic Unit: Zip code

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