PRRI February 2017 Survey

DOI

10.17605/OSF.IO/7C8RG

Citation

Cox, D., & Jones, R. P. (2022, March 7). PRRI February 2017 Survey.

Summary

The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) February 2017 Survey explores the shifting social context surrounding LGBT issues and looks at public attitudes toward policies that impact LGBT Americans, such as nondiscrimination laws, religiously based service refusals, and transgender bathroom laws. The survey measures perceptions of discrimination against different racial and religious groups, immigrants, and members of the LGBT community. It also includes questions on the favorability of President Trump and support for impeachment.

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Data File

Cases: 2031
Variables: 88
Weight Variable: WEIGHT

The weighting is accomplished in two separate stages. The first stage of weighting corrects for different probabilities of selection associated with the number of adults in each household and each respondent's telephone usage patterns. In the second stage, sample demographics are balanced to match target population parameters for gender, age, education, race and Hispanic ethnicity, region (U.S. Census definitions), population density and telephone usage. The population density parameter was derived from Census 2010 data. The telephone usage parameter came from an analysis of the July-December 2015 National Health Interview Survey. All other weighting parameters are derived from an analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau's May 2016 Current Population Survey.

The sample weighting is accomplished using an iterative proportional fitting (IFP) process that simultaneously balances the distributions of all variables. Weights were trimmed to prevent individual interviews from having too much influence on the final results. The use of these weights in statistical analysis ensures that the demographic characteristics of the sample closely approximate the demographic characteristics of the target populations.

Data Collection

Feb. 10-19, 2017

Original Survey (Instrument)

PRRI February 2017 Survey

Funded By

The survey was made possible by generous grants from the Gill Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the Arcus Foundation.

Collection Procedures

Data collection is based on stratified, single-stage, random-digit-dialing (RDD) sample of landline telephone households and randomly generated cell phone numbers. The sample is designed to represent the total U.S. adult population and includes respondents from all 50 states, including Hawaii and Alaska. The landline and cell phone samples are provided by Marketing Systems Group.

Sampling Procedures

The survey was designed and conducted by PRRI.Results of the survey were based on bilingual (Spanish and English) RDD telephone interviews conducted Feb. 10-19, 2017, by professional interviewers under the direction of SSRS. Interviews were conducted among a random sample of 2,031 adults 18 years of age or older living in the United States (1,211 respondents were interviewed on a cell phone). The selection of respondents within households was accomplished by randomly requesting to speak with the youngest adult male or female currently living in the household.

The margin of error for the survey is +/- 2.6 percentage points at the 95 percent level of confidence. The design effect for the survey is 1.4. In addition to sampling error, surveys may also be subject to error or bias due to question wording, context and order effects.

Principal Investigators

Daniel Cox and Robert P. Jones

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