CBS News/New York Times National Survey, March #1, 2011

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Label

CBS News/New York Times National Survey, March #1, 2011

Creator

• CBS News
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Contributor

• New York Times

Author

• New York Times
• CBS News

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• coal
• corporate profits
• corporations
• doctor visits
• environment
• federal budget deficit
• federal regulations
• gender issues
• government spending
• health care
• military expenditures
• minorities
• natural gas
• natural gas industry
• nuclear energy
• physician patient relationship
• physicians
• public opinion
• race relations
• radioactive wastes
• renewable energy
• survey
• tax cuts
• tax increases
• taxes
• water pollution
• Ecology
• Medicare
• September 11 attack
• Social Security
• alternative energy

Genre

• survey

Summary

This poll, fielded March 2-7, 2011, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they were satisfied with the quality of health care they receive, whether they thought that doctors make too much money, where they usually receive their basic health care, and whether their doctor is in a small private practice or a group practice. Opinions were gathered on the quality of the respondent's drinking water, how concerned they were about contamination of soil and water in their community, the importance for the United States to develop an alternative to oil, whether using nuclear energy, renewable energy, natural gas, and coal to generate electricity was a good idea, whether there is too much federal regulation of the natural gas industry, the industrial disposal of contaminated water and the hydraulic fracturing industry, and whether they thought hydraulic fracturing was safe. Respondents were also asked how important they thought it was for girls to have the same amount of opportunities in high school sports as boys, how much they knew about Title IX and whether its impact has been positive, and whether they favor programs that make special efforts for minorities to get ahead. Respondents were queried on program cuts and raising taxes to reduce government spending and the federal budget deficit, whether American corporations pay their fair share of income taxes, whether taxes on corporate profits should be increased, and whether all companies should pay the same income tax rate. Additional topics included race relations, gender relations, and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, employment status, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration status, and whether respondents thought of themselves as born-again Christians