ABC News Bishops Meeting Expectations Poll, June 2002 - Codebook

All Frequencies weighted by 58) WGHT48;
(The number of missing cases reported in the codebook are unweighted)

1) Response number (RESPNO)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,004	1,446.31	916.80

2) Date of Survey (DATE)

	TOTAL	%
7) June 7, 2002	424	42.2
8) June 8, 2002	321	32.0
9) June 9, 2002	259	25.8
Total	1004	100.0

3) Full Fips Code (FIPS)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,004	28,691.69	16,189.03

4) Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,004	3,675.41	2,916.91

5) Census Division (CENSDIV)

	TOTAL	%
1) New England	55	5.5
2) Middle Atlantic	136	13.5
3) East North Central	159	15.8
4) West North Central	77	7.7
5) South Atlantic	183	18.3
6) East South Central	60	6.0
7) West South Central	130	12.9
8) Mountain	61	6.1
9) Pacific	143	14.3
Total	1004	100.0

6) Region (REG4)

	TOTAL	%
1) East (Census Division 1,2)	191	19.0
2) Midwest (Census Division 3,4)	236	23.4
3) South (Census Division 5,6,7)	373	37.1
4) West (Census Division 8,9)	205	20.4
Total	1005	100.0

7) Designated Market Area - 3 digit code (DMA)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,004	620.45	110.24

8) ABC State (ABCNUM)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,004	25.79	15.17

9) Time zone (TZONE)

	TOTAL	%
1) Eastern	484	48.2
2) Central	314	31.3
3) Mountain	55	5.4
4) Pacific	151	15.1
Total	1004	100.0

10) Number of times interviewer tried to call (TIMES)

	TOTAL	%
1) One time	443	44.2
2) Two times	238	23.7
3) Three times	124	12.4
4) Four times	74	7.4
5) Five times	61	6.1
6) Six times	25	2.5
7) Seven times	28	2.7
8) Eight times	8	0.8
9) Nine times	2	0.2
Total	1003	100.0

11) Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? INTERVIEWER NOTE: Get answer and then ask: Do you approve/disapprove STRONGLY or SOMEWHAT? (BUSH)

	TOTAL	%
1) Approve STRONGLY	412	41.2
2) Approve SOMEWHAT	355	35.5
3) Disapprove STRONGLY	110	11.0
4) Disapprove SOMEWHAT	89	8.9
8) DK/No opinion	33	3.3
Missing	6
Total	999	100.0

12) Do you approve or disapprove of Bush's proposal to create a new federal agency called the Department of Homeland Security? INTERVIEWER NOTE: Get answer and then ask: Do you approve/disapprove STRONGLY or SOMEWHAT? (HOMELAND)

	TOTAL	%
1) Approve STRONGLY	439	44.0
2) Approve SOMEWHAT	248	24.9
3) Disapprove STRONGLY	103	10.3
4) Disapprove SOMEWHAT	91	9.1
8) DK/No opinion	117	11.7
Missing	7
Total	998	100.0

13) How much confidence do you have in the ability of the U.S. government to prevent further terrorist attacks against Americans in this country: a great deal, a good amount, only a fair amount or none at all? (PREVTERR)

	TOTAL	%
1) Great deal	140	14.0
2) Good amount	305	30.6
3) Fair amount	439	43.9
4) None at all	115	11.5
Missing	6
Total	999	100.0

14) Do you think a new Department of Homeland Security would or would not improve the government's ability to prevent further terrorist attacks? IF WOULD IMPROVE: Do you think it would help a great deal, or somewhat? (HOMEPREV)

	TOTAL	%
1) Improve A GREAT DEAL	287	28.7
2) Improve SOMEWHAT	451	45.1
3) Would not improve	213	21.4
8) DK/No opinion	48	4.8
Missing	6
Total	999	100.0

15) How would you rate the job done by the FBI, CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies in analyzing and sharing information about possible terrorist attacks before last September 11? Would you say they did an excellent job, a good job, a not-so-good job, or a poor job analyzing and sharing intelligence information? (INFSH911)

	TOTAL	%
1) Excellent job	22	2.2
2) Good job	246	24.5
3) Not-so-good job	336	33.5
4) Poor job	379	37.8
8) DK/No opinion	18	1.8
Missing	5
Total	1001	100.0

16) How about now? In analyzing and sharing information about possible future terrorist attacks, would you say the FBI, CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies are now doing an excellent job, a good job, a not-so-good job, or a poor job? (INFSHNOW)

	TOTAL	%
1) Excellent job	113	11.3
2) Good job	561	56.1
3) Not-so-good job	202	20.2
4) Poor job	75	7.5
8) DK/No opinion	49	4.9
Missing	5
Total	1000	100.0

17) Given what you've heard about the information U.S. intelligence agencies had before the September 11th attacks, do you think U.S. intelligence agencies had enough information to prevent the attacks, if they'd been able to pull it together; or do you think the information was too vague and incomplete for the September 11th attacks to have been prevented? (PREVTXT)

	TOTAL	%
1) US intelligence agencies had enough information to prevent	517	51.5
2) The information was too vague and incomplete for the September 11th attacks to have been prevented	487	48.5
Total	1004	100.0

18) Given what you've heard about the information U.S. intelligence agencies had before the September 11th attacks, do you think (U.S. intelligence agencies had enough information to prevent the attacks, if they'd been able to pull it together); or do you think (the information was too vague and incomplete for the September 11th attacks to have been prevented)? (PREV911)

	TOTAL	%
1) US had enough information to prevent attacks	420	41.8
2) Information was too vague and incomplete to prevent attacks	532	53.0
8) DK/No opinion	51	5.1
Missing	2
Total	1003	100.0

19) In the past, FBI agents have been allowed to monitor public places like libraries, places of worship and Internet chat rooms only as part of the investigation of a specific crime. Would you support or oppose giving FBI agents broader authority to monitor public places as part of a general investigation of terrorism, even if it's not related to a specific crime? (FBIPUBLC)

	TOTAL	%
1) Support	646	64.4
2) Oppose	323	32.2
8) DK/No opinion	35	3.5
Total	1004	100.0

20) Whether you support it or not, do you think this change in FBI policy intrudes on the privacy rights of individuals, or not? IF YES: Do you think this intrudes on privacy A GREAT DEAL or SOMEWHAT? (FBIPRIV)

	TOTAL	%
1) Intrudes A GREAT DEAL	176	17.6
2) Intrudes SOMEWHAT	441	44.0
3) Does not intrude	358	35.8
8) DK/No opinion	27	2.7
Missing	1
Total	1002	100.0

21) What do you think is more important right now - for the FBI to investigate possible terrorist threats, even if that intrudes on personal privacy; or for the FBI not to intrude on personal privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate possible terrorist threats? (FBITXT)

	TOTAL	%
1) For the FBI to investigate possible terrorist threats, even if that intrudes on personal privacy	513	51.1
2) For the FBI not to intrude on personal privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate possible terrorist threats	491	48.9
Total	1004	100.0

22) What do you think is more important right now - (for the FBI to investigate possible terrorist threats, even if that intrudes on personal privacy); or (for the FBI not to intrude on personal privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate possible terrorist threats)? (FBIINVST)

	TOTAL	%
1) Investigate threats regardless of privacy	786	78.9
2) Not intrude on privacy regardless of threats	177	17.8
8) DK/No opinion	34	3.4
Missing	7
Total	997	100.0

23) Overall, would you say you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the Catholic Church? (CATHOPIN)

	TOTAL	%
1) Favorable	462	47.3
2) Unfavorable	441	45.2
8) DK/No opinion	72	7.4
Missing	31
Total	975	100.0

24) Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Catholic Church is handling the issue of sexual abuse of children by priests? INTERVIEWER NOTE: Get answer and then ask: Do you approve/disapprove STRONGLY or SOMEWHAT? (HNDLSA)

	TOTAL	%
1) Approve STRONGLY	74	7.5
2) Approve SOMEWHAT	144	14.6
3) Disapprove STRONGLY	527	53.5
4) Disapprove SOMEWHAT	195	19.8
8) DK/No opinion	45	4.6
Missing	18
Total	985	100.0

25) What do you think is mainly responsible for the way the Church has dealt with this issue in the past: decisions made by individual American bishops and cardinals, or policies set by Church officials at the Vatican in Rome? (RESPTXT)

	TOTAL	%
1) Decisions made by individual American bishops and cardinals	491	48.9
2) Policies set by Church officials at the Vatican in Rome	513	51.1
Total	1004	100.0

26) What do you think is mainly responsible for the way the Church has dealt with this issue in the past: decisions made by individual American bishops and cardinals, or policies set by Church officials at the Vatican in Rome? (RESPPAST)

	TOTAL	%
1) Decisions made by American bishops or cardinals	472	47.9
2) Policies set by Church officials at Vatican	353	35.8
3) Other	16	1.7
4) Both equally	69	7.0
8) DK/No opinion	76	7.7
Missing	16
Total	986	100.0

27) American bishops will be meeting in the next week to set new policies on how the Church handles the issue of sexual abuse of children by priests. Do you think this meeting will or will not produce meaningful improvements in the way the Church handles the issue? (BISHMEET)

	TOTAL	%
1) Will produce improvements	585	58.8
2) Will NOT produce improvements	362	36.4
8) DK/No opinion	47	4.8
Missing	8
Total	994	100.0

28) What do you think should be done in the case of a priest who has sexually abused one adolescent child once in the past, with no further accusations? Should all such priests be automatically removed from the priesthood, or should some be allowed to remain as priests after receiving psychological treatment, review and monitoring? (ABUSEONE)

	TOTAL	%
1) Automatically removed from priesthood	815	82.4
2) Allowed to remain as priest after receiving treatment	155	15.7
8) DK/No opinion	19	1.9
Missing	13
Total	989	100.0

29) For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it has or has not contributed to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests. The first is ... . [Note: Interviewers were asked to scramble these items. For this question each item was asked first.] (OR1PRNOM)

	TOTAL	%
1) The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	238	23.7
2) The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	260	25.9
3) The number of priests who are homosexuals	238	23.7
4) Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	268	26.7
Total	1004	100.0

30) For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it has or has not contributed to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests. The second is ... . [Note: Interviewers were asked to scramble these items. For this question each item was asked second.] (OR2PRNOP)

	TOTAL	%
1) The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	223	22.2
2) The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	242	24.1
3) The number of priests who are homosexuals	283	28.2
4) Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	256	25.5
Total	1004	100.0

31) For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it has or has not contributed to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests. The third is ... . [Note: Interviewers were asked to scramble these items. For this question each item was asked third.] (OR3PRPRH)

	TOTAL	%
1) The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	277	27.6
2) The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	240	23.9
3) The number of priests who are homosexuals	245	24.4
4) Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	242	24.1
Total	1004	100.0

32) For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it has or has not contributed to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests. The fourth is ... . [Note: Interviewers were asked to scramble these items. For this question each item was asked fourth]. (OR4PRSCR)

	TOTAL	%
1) The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry	266	26.5
2) The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse	262	26.1
3) The number of priests who are homosexuals	238	23.7
4) Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries	238	23.7
Total	1004	100.0

33) For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it has or has not contributed to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests. - The Church's policy of not allowing priests to marry. Do you think it's been a major part of the problem, or a minor part? (PRNOMAR)

	TOTAL	%
1) MAJOR PART of the problem	506	50.7
2) MINOR PART of the problem	240	24.1
3) Not part of the problem	226	22.7
8) DK/No opinion	25	2.5
Missing	6
Total	997	100.0

34) For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it has or has not contributed to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests. - The practice of not calling the police when a priest has been accused of sexual abuse. Do you think it's been a major part of the problem, or a minor part? (PRNOPOL)

	TOTAL	%
1) MAJOR PART of the problem	877	88.1
2) MINOR PART of the problem	73	7.3
3) Not part of the problem	27	2.7
8) DK/No opinion	19	1.9
Missing	8
Total	996	100.0

35) For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it has or has not contributed to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests. - The number of priests who are homosexuals. Do you think it's been a major part of the problem, or a minor part? (PRPRHOMO)

	TOTAL	%
1) MAJOR PART of the problem	465	46.7
2) MINOR PART of the problem	224	22.5
3) Not part of the problem	249	25.0
8) DK/No opinion	59	5.9
Missing	6
Total	997	100.0

36) For each of the following items I mention, please tell me if you think it has or has not contributed to the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests. - Inadequate screening and preparation of priest candidates in the seminaries. Do you think it's been a major part of the problem, or a minor part? (PRSCREEN)

	TOTAL	%
1) MAJOR PART of the problem	529	53.3
2) MINOR PART of the problem	255	25.7
3) Not part of the problem	128	12.9
8) DK/No opinion	79	8.0
Missing	13
Total	991	100.0

37) Overall, do you think the recent news coverage of this issue has been fair to the Church, or unfair? (NEWSFAIR)

	TOTAL	%
1) Fair	760	76.7
2) Unfair	192	19.4
8) DK/No opinion	38	3.8
Missing	14
Total	990	100.0

38) Are you aware of any instances in which a Catholic priest in your own community has been accused of sexually abusing children, or not? (PRSTCOMM)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes	132	13.2
2) No	861	86.3
8) DK/No opinion	5	0.5
Missing	5
Total	998	100.0

39) [IF RELIGION=4], as far as you are aware, have any priests in your own parish been accused of sexually abusing children, or not? (PRSTPAR)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes	14	6.6
2) No	197	92.7
3) Don't go to church/Don't have parish	1	0.6
8) DK/No opinion	1	0.4
Missing	780
Total	213	100.0

40) On one last subject, it's been 30 years since the Watergate break-in caused a political scandal in Washington. Do you feel you know enough about Watergate to tell the basic facts to someone else, or not? (WATRGATE)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes	345	34.4
2) No	655	65.3
8) DK/No opinion	4	0.4
Total	1004	100.0

41) Do you think President Richard Nixon's actions regarding Watergate were, or were not, serious enough to warrant his resignation? (NIXON)

	TOTAL	%
1) Were serious enough	626	62.8
2) Were not serious enough	235	23.6
8) DK/No opinion	136	13.7
Missing	7
Total	997	100.0

42) As you may know, President Gerald Ford granted Nixon a pardon from criminal charges arising out of Watergate. Do you think Ford did the right thing or wrong thing in granting Nixon a pardon? (FORDPARD)

	TOTAL	%
1) Right thing	590	59.1
2) Wrong thing	323	32.4
8) DK/No opinion	85	8.5
Missing	7
Total	998	100.0

43) Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent? (PARTYID)

	TOTAL	%
1) A Democrat	381	38.7
2) A Republican	280	28.5
3) An Independent	265	27.0
4) Or what?	44	4.5
8) DK/No opinion	12	1.3
Missing	16
Total	982	100.0

44) What was the last grade of school you completed? (EDUC)

	TOTAL	%
1) Eighth grade or less	34	3.4
2) Some high school	127	12.7
3) Graduated high school or technical school	327	32.6
4) Some college	245	24.4
5) Graduated college	186	18.6
6) Postgraduate	83	8.3
Missing	3
Total	1002	100.0

45) What is your age? (AGE)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	984	44.47	16.93

46) Are you of Hispanic origin or background? If 'yes,' are you white Hispanic or black Hispanic? If 'no,' are you white, black, or some other race? (RACE)

	TOTAL	%
1) White	778	78.5
2) Black	106	10.7
3) White Hispanic	41	4.1
4) Black Hispanic	4	0.5
5) Hispanic (no race given)	16	1.7
6) Other race	46	4.6
Missing	13
Total	991	100.0

47) May a reporter from ABC NEWS or THE WASHINGTON POST call you to talk about some of the things we've been discussing? (Note: Asked of one out of every five respondents.) (CALLBACK)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes	126	66.6
2) No	61	32.3
8) DK/No opinion	2	0.9
Missing	804
Total	189	100.0

48) Gender (SEX)

	TOTAL	%
1) Male	481	47.9
2) Female	523	52.1
Total	1004	100.0

49) Would you say your views on most political matters are liberal, moderate, or conservative? (IDEOLOGY)

	TOTAL	%
1) Liberal	220	22.1
2) Moderate	405	40.6
3) Conservative	321	32.2
4) Don't think in those terms	27	2.7
8) DK/No opinion	24	2.5
Missing	8
Total	997	100.0

50) [If EDUC is 'Graduated College'], Was that a bachelor's degree, or what? (DEGREE)

	TOTAL	%
2) Bachelor's degree	150	81.0
3) Other	35	18.9
Missing	782
Total	185	100.0

51) Net Religion (RELNET)

	TOTAL	%
1) Protestant	450	46.2
2) Catholic	215	22.1
3) Christian (non-Protestant)	109	11.2
4) Other non-Christian	41	4.2
5) None	157	16.2
Missing	33
Total	972	100.0

52) What, if anything, is your religion? (RELIGION)

	TOTAL	%
1) Agnostic	15	1.6
2) Atheist	9	0.9
3) Baptist	142	14.6
4) Catholic/Roman Catholic	215	22.1
6) Episcopalian	11	1.1
7) Jewish	17	1.8
8) Lutheran	35	3.6
9) Methodist	38	4.0
10) Pentecostal	16	1.7
11) Presbyterian	12	1.2
13) Southern Baptist	5	0.5
14) None	133	13.7
15) Other (specify)	1	0.1
22) Christian (non-Protestant)	109	11.2
23) Other non-Christian	20	2.0
24) Islam/Muslim	3	0.3
25) Protestant non-denominational	190	19.5
Missing	33
Total	971	100.0

53) [If RELIGION is 'Christian'], Is that a Protestant denomination, or not? (PROTANT)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes	82	48.3
2) No	79	46.6
8) DK/No opinion	8	4.5
Missing	833
Total	169	100.0

54) Aside from weddings and funerals, how often do you attend religious services - at least once a week, a few times a month, or less often than that? (ATTEND)

	TOTAL	%
1) At least once a week	347	34.7
2) A few times a month	174	17.4
3) Less often than that	446	44.7
4) Never	31	3.1
Missing	7
Total	998	100.0

55) Region (REGION)

	TOTAL	%
1) East	191	19.0
2) Midwest	236	23.4
3) South	373	37.1
4) West	205	20.4
Total	1005	100.0

56) Agebreak (AGEBREAK)

	TOTAL	%
1) 18-30 years	238	24.3
2) 31-44 years	289	29.4
3) 45-60 years	260	26.5
4) 61+ years	196	20.0
Missing	23
Total	983	100.0

57) Educbreak (EDUBREAK)

	TOTAL	%
1) Less than high school	160	16.0
2) Graduated high school	327	32.6
3) Some college+	514	51.3
Missing	3
Total	1001	100.0

58) Weight (WGHT48)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,004	1.00	0.76

59) Weight (WGHT32)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,004	1.11	0.46

60) Region (for use with online analysis) (I-REGION)

	TOTAL	%
1) East	191	19.0
2) Midwest	236	23.4
3) South	373	37.1
4) West	205	20.4
Total	1005	100.0

61) Net Religion (for use with online analysis) (I-RELIGION)

	TOTAL	%
1) Protestant	450	46.2
2) Catholic	215	22.1
3) Christian (non-Protestant)	109	11.2
4) Other non-Christian	41	4.2
5) None	157	16.2
Missing	33
Total	972	100.0

62) Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent? (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-PARTYID)

	TOTAL	%
1) A Democrat	381	39.2
2) A Republican	280	28.8
3) An Independent/Other	309	31.9
Missing	27
Total	970	100.0

63) What was the last grade of school you completed? (recoded for use with online analysis) (I-EDUC)

	TOTAL	%
1) High school or less (includes 'eighth grade or less', 'some high school', and 'graduated high school')	487	48.7
2) Some college (includes 'trade or technical school')	245	24.5
3) Graduated college	186	18.6
4) Postgraduate	83	8.3
Missing	3
Total	1001	100.0

64) Gender (for use with online analysis) (I-SEX)

	TOTAL	%
1) Male	481	47.9
2) Female	523	52.1
Total	1004	100.0

65) What is your age? (recoded for use with online analysis) (I-AGE)

	TOTAL	%
1) 18-30	238	24.2
2) 31-45	308	31.3
3) 46-64	300	30.5
4) 65+	138	14.0
Missing	23
Total	984	100.0