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The following data are now available on this Webpage, and more will be released in the future. Select data sets can be analyzed either with our online software, SDA, or by downloading raw datafiles in STATA version 6.0, SPSS Portable File, or SAS Transport File format.

New: Our data can now be statistically analyzed and viewed online using the Survey Documentation and Analysis program on our server. SDA is a set of programs designed to provide online access and manipulation of statistical data. For a visual PowerPoint presentation on how to use SDA click here

National Youth Survey, 2004

National Youth Survey, 2002

CIRCLE/MTV September 2004 Pre-Election Survey of Young Americans

YouthVote's June 2002 Survey of Young Americans

The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: National Youth Survey of Civic Engagement 2002

The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: National Civic Engagement Survey I, Spring 2002

The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: National Civic Engagement Survey II, Fall 2002

Other Data Sources


National Youth Survey, 2004: On January 15, CIRCLE and the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the Council for Excellence in Government released a new survey of 1,000 Americans between the ages of 15 and 25.

 

Analyze data with SDA

Questionnaire and Toplines

Codebook

Data

(Stata-6)

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Data  (SAS)

nys04sda

nys04toplines.pdf

nys04.pdf

nys04.dta

nys04.por

nys04.tpt

 


 

National Youth Survey, 2002: On March 4, 2002, CIRCLE, in collaboration with the Center for Democracy and Citizenship and the Partnership for Trust in Government at the Council for Excellence in Government, released a survey of 1,500 Americans between the ages of 15 and 25.

Analyze data with SDA

Questionnaire and Toplines

Codebook

Data (Stata-6)

Data (SPSS)

Data  (SAS)

nys02sda

nys02_toplines.pdf

nys02.pdf

nys02.dta

nys02.por

nys02.tpt

 


 

CIRCLE/MTV September 2004 Pre-Election Survey of Young Americans (18-29) Includes questions on issue priorities, likelihood of voting, attention to the presidential election, and candidate preferences.

 


 

YouthVote's June 2002 Survey of Young Americans (ages 18-24), with an oversamples of African Americans and Latinos. There are questions on issue priorities, interest in politics, media use, and frequency of discussing politics. To read the full report click here.

 

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Questionnaire and Toplines

Codebook

Data  (Stata-6)

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yv02sda

yv02_toplines.pdf

yv02.pdf

yv02.dta

yv02.por

yv02.tpt

 


The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: National Youth Survey of Civic Engagement 2002

Fielded: January 29 – February 25, 2002

This was a nationwide Internet-based survey conducted by Knowledge Networks.

This dataset was one of three surveys that formed the basis for the following report:
The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: A Generational Portrait

Released: September 19, 2002 

Analyze data with SDA

Questionnaire and Toplines

Codebook

Data  (Stata-6)

Data

 (SPSS)

Data (SAS)

knnys02sda

knnys02_qstnr.pdf

knnys02_toplines.pdf

knnys02.pdf

knnys02.dta

knnys02.por

knnys02.tpt

 

Additional information and files available with this survey include:

national_youth_survey_ce_2002.sav (SPSS data file)

 


The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: National Civic Engagement Survey I, Spring 2002

Fielded: April 4 – May 20, 2002, by random digit dial. with a sample size of 3246 with an over sample of young people.

This dataset was one of three surveys that formed the basis for the following report:
The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: A Generational Portrait
Released: September 19, 2002

 

Analyze data with SDA

Questionnaire and Toplines

Codebook

Data

 (Stata-6)

Data

(SPSS)

Data (SAS)

ncesIsp02sda

ncesIsp02_qstnr.pdf

ncesIsp02codebook_2002.pdf

ncesIsp02.dta

ncesIsp02.por

ncesIsp02.tpt

 

Additional information and files available with this survey include:

A Disposition of the survey (Final sample status and completion rate)

A Weighting Guide

A Verbatim for Question V2-F Other

nces_i_2002.sav (SPSS data file)

Syntax.sps (Logic for created variables in data file)

 


The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: National Civic Engagement Survey II, Fall 2002

Fielded: November 14 – 20, 2002, by random digit dial. with a sample size of 1400.

This dataset was one of three surveys that formed the basis for the following report:
The Civic and Political Health of the Nation: A Generational Portrait
Released: September 19, 2002

Analyze data with SDA

Questionnaire and Toplines

Codebook

Data

(Stata-6)

Data

(SPSS)

Data

(SAS)

ncesIIfall02sda

ncesIIfall02_qstnr.pdf

ncesIIfall02codbook.pdf

ncesIIfall02.dta

ncesIIfall02.por

ncesIIfall02.tpt

 

Additional information and files available with this survey include:

A Disposition of the survey (Final sample status and completion rate)

A list of Frequencies (Principal indicators of civic engagement)

NCES II fall 2002.sav (SPSS data file)

Syntax.sps (Logic for created variables in data file)

 


Other Data Sources

 

For those interested in General Social Survey or National Election Study data, a convenient interface can be found on the Survey Documentation and Analysis page via the University of California, Berkeley.

 

A good source for data on Internet usage is this Webpage, operated by the Department of Sociology at the University of Maryland.

 

The Harvard Institute of Politics has released a 2003 political survey of college students.