This data collection includes the 1990 data for all 1990 respondents and follows reinterviewing through 1991 Pilot/Panel reinterviewing and 1992 Pre-Post reinterviewing (1992 fresh cross-section cases are not included). Note: a 1990-1992 Full Panel Supplement file is also available which contains field administration and nonresponse data.

The purpose of this panel study is to trace the fortunes of the Bush presidency, from post-Gulf War height to November election defeat, and to provide insight into the origins of the Bill Clinton and Ross Perot coalitions. It also allows the panel analyst to do a traditional assessment of panel attrition which is not possible with any of the collections mentioned above. In 1991, respondents were reinterviewed several months after hostilities in the Persian Gulf ended. The survey content consisted of a repeat of a subset of questions from the 1990 Post-Election Survey, and additional items especially relevant to the Gulf War. A number of contextual variables also are provided, including summary variables that combine the respondent's recall of his or her senator's and representative's vote on the use of force with that congressperson's actual vote. New pilot questions were also asked in areas such as gender, ethnicity, medical care for the elderly, and social altruism. The separate Supplementary Data file (6230 parts 3 and 4) provides coversheet, sampling and field information on all sample cases from the 1990 Post, including noninterview and nonsample cases.

Special Themes and New Topics: The purpose of this panel study is to trace the fortunes of the Bush presidency, from post-Gulf War height to November election defeat, and to provide insight into the origins of the Bill Clinton and Ross Perot coalitions. It also allows the panel analyst to do a traditional assessment of panel attrition which is not possible with any of the collections mentioned above. In 1991, respondents were reinterviewed several months after hostilities in the Persian Gulf ended. The survey content consisted of a repeat of a subset of questions from the 1990 Post-Election Survey, and additional items especially relevant to the Gulf War. A number of contextual variables also are provided, including summary variables that combine the respondent's recall of his or her senator's and representative's vote on the use of force with that congressperson's actual vote. New pilot questions were also asked in areas such as gender, ethnicity, medical care for the elderly, and social altruism. The separate Supplementary Data file (6230 parts 3 and 4) provides coversheet, sampling and field information on all sample cases from the 1990 Post, including noninterview and nonsample cases.

Design Features: This data collection includes the 1990 data for all 1990 respondents and follows reinterviewing through 1991 Pilot/Panel reinterviewing and 1992 Pre-Post reinterviewing (1992 fresh cross-section cases are not included).