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Description & Citation--Study No. 7216

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:7216
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07216
 
Title:American National Election Study, 1960
 
Principal Investigator(s):Angus Campbell
 
  Philip Converse et al.
 
Series:American National Election Study (ANES) Series
 
Funding Agency:National Science Foundation.
 
Bibliographic Citation:Campbell, Angus, Philip Converse, et al. AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1960 [Computer file]. Conducted by University of Michigan, Survey Research Center. 3rd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07216
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study is part of a time-series collection of national surveys fielded continuously since 1952. The election studies are designed to present data on Americans' social backgrounds, enduring political predispositions, social and political values, perceptions and evaluations of groups and candidates, opinions on questions of public policy, and participation in political life.
 
Subject Term(s):candidates, congressional elections, economic conditions, domestic policy, Eisenhower Administration (1953-1961), foreign policy, government performance, national elections, political affiliation, political attitudes, political campaigns, political efficacy, political issues, political participation, presidential elections, public approval, public opinion, public policy, social networks, social values, sources of information, special interest groups, trust in government, voter expectations, voter history, voting behavior
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:September 1960 - December 1960
 
Date(s) of Collection:September 1960 - December 1960
 
Universe:United States citizens 18 years of age and older living in private households in the coterminous United States.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The SAS transport file was created using the SAS CPORT procedure. (2) The codebook is provided as an ASCII file, and the data collection instruments are provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
 

Methodology

Sample:The individuals interviewed in 1960 were a representative cross-section of persons of voting age living in private households in the United States. Complications in the sampling procedure were introduced by the fact that the 1960 study was the third wave of a panel study. In 1958, many of the 1956 respondents had moved and could not be reinterviewed at their original addresses. A number of these respondents were interviewed at their new addresses, but were included only in the panel study, not in the cross-section.
 
Data Source:personal interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-08
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 1999-12-14.
 
  1999-12-14 - The data are now available in SAS transport and SPSS export formats, in addition to the ASCII data file. Variables in this dataset have been renumbered to the following format: 2-digit (or 2-character) prefix + 4 digits + [optional] 1-character suffix. Dataset ID and version variables also have been added. In addition, SAS and SPSS data definition statements have been created, data collection instruments have been added to the collection as a PDF file, and the codebook has been replaced.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: American National Election Study, 1960
 

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