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Historical Analogies, Generational Effects, and Attitudes Toward War in the United States, October 1990-February 1991 (ICPSR 9959)

Principal Investigator(s):Schuman, Howard; Rieger, Cheryl

Summary:

This data collection explores the attitudes of different
generations of Americans toward war. Questions pertained to
respondents' views of the Cold War, World Wars I and II, the Vietnam
War, and the Persian Gulf War. Respondents were also asked for their
opinions of Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler, and for their views
regarding President George Bush's declaration that force was necessary
to make Iraq withdraw completely from Kuwait. A portion of the
interviews were conduc... (more info)

This data collection explores the attitudes of different
generations of Americans toward war. Questions pertained to
respondents' views of the Cold War, World Wars I and II, the Vietnam
War, and the Persian Gulf War. Respondents were also asked for their
opinions of Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler, and for their views
regarding President George Bush's declaration that force was necessary
to make Iraq withdraw completely from Kuwait. A portion of the
interviews were conducted before the Persian Gulf War (up to and
including January 15), some were conducted during the War (January 17
and later), and others the day the bombing started (January 16).
Questions were also asked about the respondent's educational
background, month and year of birth, race or ethnic origin, and sex.

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Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

Schuman, Howard, and Cheryl Rieger. Historical Analogies, Generational Effects, and Attitudes Toward War in the United States, October 1990-February 1991. ICPSR09959-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09959.v1

Universe:
Persons aged 18 and over living in the continental United
States with telephones.

Data Types:
event/transaction data and survey data

Data Collection Notes:

The questions that comprise this survey were included
as an additional set of questions in the monthly SURVEY OF CONSUMER
ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR produced by the Economic Behavior Program,
Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.

Methodology

Sample:
Random digit dialing.

Data Source:

telephone surveys

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: