Survey of political activity for Grinnell College students
A dataset with 59 observations on the following 9 variables.
Year |
Class year (1 to 4) |
Sex |
0 =male or 1 =female |
Vote |
Voting status: 0 =not eligible, 1 =eligible/not registered, 2 =registered/didn't vote, 4 =voted |
Paper |
Read news (per week): 0 =never, 1 =less than once, 2 =once, 3 =2 or 3 times, 4 =daily |
Edit |
Read editorial page? 0 =no or 1 =yes |
TV |
Watch TV news: 0 =never, 1 =less than once, 2 =once, 3 =2 or 3 times, 4 =daily |
Ethics |
Politics should be ruled by: 1 =ethical considerations to 5 =practical power |
Inform |
How informed are you about politics? 1 =uninformed to 5 =very well informed |
Participate |
Missing if Vote=0, 0 if Vote=1 or 2, 1 if Vote=3 |
Students Jennifer Wolfson and Meredith Goulet conducted a survey in the spring of 1992 of Grinnell College students to ascertain patterns of political behavior. They took a simple random sample of 60 students who were U.S. citizens and conducted phone interviews. Using several "call backs" they obtained 59 responses.