State of the First Amendment Survey, 2006

DOI

10.17605/OSF.IO/GKCEP

Summary

The State of the First Amendment survey, conducted annually (since 1997, except for 1998) for the First Amendment Center, examines public attitudes toward the freedoms of speech, press, and religion and the rights of assembly and petition. Core questions, asked each year, cover awareness of First Amendment freedoms, overall assessments of whether there is too much or too little freedom of speech, press, and religion in the United States, levels of tolerance for various types of public expression (such as flag-burning and singing songs with potentially offensive lyrics), levels of tolerance for various journalistic behaviors, attitudes toward prayer in schools, and level of support for amending the Constitution to prohibit flag-burning or defacement.

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Data File

Cases: 1002
Variables: 40
Weight Variable: WEIGHT

Data Collection

October 25 - November 6, 2006

Funded By

The First Amendment Center
American Journalism Review

Collection Procedures

Computer-aided telephone interviews

Sampling Procedures

A total of 1,000 telephone interviews were conducted with a nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized adults in the United States by the Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut. These interviews took place on weekday evenings, on Saturday mornings and afternoons, and on Sunday afternoons and evenings.

Principal Investigators

The First Amendment Center
Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut