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What's New at the Center for the Month of July


 

What's new at the Roper Center

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No Rate Increase!

Considering the economic hardships many institutions are experiencing, the Roper Center has chosen to suspend plans for a "cost of living" increase in membership fees. The annual fees will remain frozen through the end of the year.

 

Topics at a Glance!--Smoking

Do you smoke? Do you feel smoking is addictive or a problem? How many cigarettes do you smoke each day? Should the government tax tobacco? How do you feel about smoking in public places? Click here for responses to these questions and more public opinion data on this month's Topic at a Glance--Smoking

Based on a new topic each month, TAG offers a generous free sampling of related polling data and details of survey datasets held by the Roper Center, along with articles previously published in Public Perspective magazine.

Experience the depth of information housed in the Roper Center archives - The complete list of "Topics at a Glance!"

 

Newly Spotlighted Datasets
Updated as of July 1, 2009


Special studies of interest recently added to iPOLL. The database now contains half a million questions!
Title:
 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll [June, 2009]
Source:
 Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Methodology:
 Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, June 1-June 5, 2009 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,205. 804 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone and 401 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 157 who had no landline telephone.
Search for:
 Searched iPOLL for: Organization: Kaiser; Date: '06/01/2009 to 06/01/2009'
   
Title:
 AARP Employment Status of the 45+ Population Survey [May, 2009]
Source:
Survey by AARP.
Methodology:
Conducted by ICR-International Communications Research, May 1-May 7, 2009 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult ages 45 and over sample of 767.
Search for:
 Searched iPOLL for: Organization: AARP; Date: '05/01/2009 to 05/01/2009'
   
Title:
 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey [August, 2008]
Source:
Survey by Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Methodology:
Conducted by Mathew Greenwald & Associates, August 14-August 28, 2008 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult ages 21-64 with private health insurance coverage sample of 2,008.
Search for:
 Searched iPOLL for: 'health'; Date: '08/14/2008 to 08/14/2008'
   


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