United
States Public Opinion Data on:
I. TORTURE[1]
Public Agenda Confidence in
US Foreign Policy Index Poll
[February, 2007]; Conducted by Public Agenda Foundation, February 21-March 4,
2007
Pew/AP Early October 2006
Turnout Poll [September, 2006];
Conducted by
CBS News/New York Times
Poll [September, 2006]; Conducted by
CBS News/New York Times, September 15- September 19, 2006
Public Agenda Confidence
in US Foreign Policy Index Poll [September,
2006];Conducted by Public Agenda Foundation, September 5-September 18, 2006
National Security Survey [September, 2006];Conducted by Benenson
Strategy Group, September 13-September 14, 2006
Time/SRBI Poll [August, 2006]; Conducted by Schulman, Ronca, & Bucuvalas, August
22-August 24, 2006
PIPA/BBC World Service
Poll [June, 2006]; Conducted by
Program On International Policy Attitudes,
Democracy Corps Poll [March, 2006]; Conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, March 16-March 20, 2006
Public Agenda Confidence
in US Foreign Policy Index Poll
[January, 2006];
Conducted by Public Agenda
Foundation, January 10-January 22, 2006
ABC News/Washington Post
Poll [December, 2005]; Conducted by
ABC News/Washington Post, December 15-December 18, 2005
Associated Press/Ipsos-Public Affairs Poll [November, 2005]; Methodology: Conducted by Ipsos-Public
Affairs, November 15-November 28, 2005
Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll [November, 2005]; Conducted by
Princeton Survey Research
Associates International/Newsweek Poll
[November, 2005]; Conducted by
Public Agenda Confidence
in US Foreign Policy Index Poll
[June, 2005]; Conducted by Public Agenda Foundation, June 1-June 13, 2005
Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll [January, 2005]; Survey by Cable News
ABC News/Washington Post
Poll [May, 2004]; Conducted by ABC
News/Washington Post, May 20-May 23, 2004
ABC News Poll [September, 2003]; Conducted by ABC News, September
4-September 7, 2003
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics
Poll [March, 2003]; Conducted by
Opinion Dynamics, March 11-March 12, 2003
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics
Poll [March, 2002]; Conducted by
Opinion Dynamics, March 12-March 13, 2002
Fox News/Opinion Dynamics
Poll [December, 2002]; Conducted by
Opinion Dynamics, December 3-December 4, 2002
TIPP/Investor's Business
Daily/Christian Science Monitor Poll
[November, 2001]; Conducted by TIPP--Techno Metrica
Institute of Policy and Politics, November 7-November 11, 2001
Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll [October, 2001]; Conducted by
Millennium Survey [September, 1999]; Conducted by Taylor Nelson Sofres
Intersearch, September 20-September 28, 1999 on
behalf of Gallup International.
Parallel surveys were
conducted in 49 other countries between August and
October 1999.
Time/CNN/Yankelovich Partners Poll [January, 1993]; Conducted by Yankelovich
Partners, January 13-January 14, 1993
II. FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, EXPRESSION, AND
SPEECH[2]
Freedom of Thought
Human Rights Survey [November, 1997]; Survey by Human Rights
Freedom of Expression
ABC News Poll [May, 1999]; Methodology: Conducted by ABC News, May
5-May 9, 1999
Flag Survey [May, 1997]; Survey by Citizen's Flag
Flag Survey [March, 1996]; Survey by Citizen's Flag
Importance Of The Arts And
Humanities To American Society
[October, 1992]; Survey by National Cultural
Time/CNN/Yankelovich Clancy Shulman Poll [January, 1992]; Survey by Time, Cable News Network.
Methodology: Conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman on January 30, 1992
Federal Support For The
Arts [March, 1990]; Survey by People
for the
Freedom of Speech
Gallup/USA Today Poll [June, 2006]; Survey by
Council for
State Of The First
Amendment Survey [May, 2005]; Survey
by Freedom Forum, American Journalism Review. Methodology: Conducted by
State Of The First
Amendment Survey 2004 [May, 2004];
Survey by Freedom Forum, American Journalism Review. Methodology: Conducted by
Center For Survey Research & Analysis, University of
State Of The First
Amendment Survey 2003 [June, 2003];
Survey by The Freedom Forum, American Journalism Review. Methodology: Conducted
by Center for Survey Research and Analysis, University of
State Of The First
Amendment 2002 Survey [June, 2002];
Survey by The Freedom Forum. Methodology: Conducted by Center for Survey
Research and Analysis, University of
Civil Liberties Survey [October, 2001]; Survey by NPR,
Conscience Clauses Survey [July, 2001]; Survey by American Civil Liberties
State of the First
Amendment 2001 Survey [May, 2001]; Survey
by The Freedom Forum. Methodology: Conducted by Center for Survey Research
& Analysis, University of
State of the First
Amendment Survey [April, 2000];
Survey by The Freedom Forum. Methodology: Conducted by Center for Survey
Research and Analysis, University of
General Social Survey 2000 [February, 2000]; Methodology: Conducted by
Millennium Survey [September, 1999]; Methodology: Conducted by Taylor
Nelson Sofres Intersearch,
September 20-September 28, 1999
CBS News Poll [August, 1999]; Methodology: Conducted by CBS News,
August 1-August 3, 1999
Americans Attitudes About
the First Amendment Survey [February,
1999]; Survey by Freedom Forum. Methodology: Conducted by Center for Survey
Research and Analysis, University of
Flag Survey [August, 1998]; Survey by Citizen's Flag
Columbus Day Survey:
Looking For
State Of The First
Amendment Survey [July, 1997]; Survey
by Freedom Forum. Methodology: Conducted by Center for Survey Research and
Analysis, University of
Flag Survey [May, 1997]; Survey by Citizen's Flag
III. CHILD
LABOR, FAIR TRADE, AND SWEATSHOPS[3]
Child Labor
Democracy Corps Poll [January, 2006]; Conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, January 22-January 25, 2006
Child Labor Survey [February, 2005]; Survey by National Consumers
League, Child Labor Coalition. Methodology: Conducted by Opinion Research Corporation
during February, 2005
Free Trade Survey [February, 2005]; Survey by Americans for Fair Trade.
Methodology: Conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs and
Ayres, McHenry & Associates, February 1-February 6, 2005
PSRA/Newsweek Poll [April, 2000]; Survey by Newsweek. Methodology:
Conducted by
Connecting Women in the
Americans on Globalization
Survey [October, 1999]; Methodology:
Conducted by Program on International Policy Attitudes,
Consumers in the 21st
Century Survey [April, 1999]; Survey
by National Consumers League. Methodology: Conducted by Louis Harris &
Associates, April 22-May 3, 1999
Attitudes On Transatlantic
Issues Survey [February, 1998];
Survey by German Marshall Fund of the
Associated Press Poll [November, 1997]; Methodology: Conducted by
Associated Press, November 12-November 16, 1997
AFL-CIO Communication
Survey [January, 1997]; Survey by
AFL-CIO. Methodology: Conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, January
31-February 4, 1997
United Nations Survey [April, 1996]; Survey by United Nations Association
of the
Fair Trade
Methodology: Conducted by
New Democratic
Electorate Survey [July, 1997]; Survey by Democratic Leadership Council.
Methodology: Conducted by Penn, Schoen
& Berland Associates, July 23, 1997-July 27, 1997
Sweatshops
Americans on Globalization
Survey [October, 1999]; Methodology:
Conducted by Program on International Policy Attitudes,
Sweatshops- Non-Roper
References to Other Polling Data
Dickson, Marsha A. “Utility
of No Sweat Labels for Apparel Consumers: Profiling Label Users and Predicting
Their Purchases,” The Journal of Consumer Affairs 35, 1 (2001): 96-119.
Dickson, Marsha A. and Mary
A. Littrell, “Consumers of Clothing from Alternative
Trading Organizations: Societal Attitudes and Purchase Evaluative Criteria,” Clothing
and Textiles Research Journal 15 (1997): 20-33.
Dickson, Marsha A. and Mary
A. Littrell, “Socially Responsible Behaviour: Values and Attitudes of the Alternative Trading Organisation Consumer,” Journal of Fashion Marketing and
Management 1 (October 1996): 50-69.
Elliott, Kimberly Ann and
Richard B. Freeman, “White Hats or Don Quixotes?
Human Rights Vigilantes in the Global Economy,” Working Paper 8102, National
Bureau of Economic Research (January 2001).
Roberts, James A. “Profiling
Levels of Socially Responsible Consumer Behavior: A Cluster Analytic Approach
and Its Implications for Marketing,” Journal of Marketing 3 (Fall
1995): 97-117.
United States Public Opinion Data on:
ENVIRONMENT
Nation/IPS Survey [September,
2000]; Conducted by Program on
International Policy Attitudes,
Americans on Globalization
Survey [October, 1999]; Conducted by
Program on International Policy Attitudes,
Human Rights Survey [November, 1997];
Conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, November 3-November 8,
1997
IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRANTS
Immigration Survey [March, 2006]; Conducted by Tarrance
Group and Lake, Snell, Perry, Mermin &
Associates, March 26-March 28, 2006
Time/SRBI Poll [March, 2006]; Conducted by Schulman, Ronca, & Bucuvalas, March
29-March 30, 2006
Pew Hispanics Survey [August, 2006]; Survey by
FOX News/Opinion Dynamics
Poll [May, 2006]; Conducted by
Opinion Dynamics, May 2-May 3, 2006
FOX News/Opinion Dynamics
Poll [April, 2006]; Conducted by
Opinion Dynamics, April 4-April 5, 2006
General Social Survey 2004 [August, 2004]; Methodology: Conducted by
Hispanic Survey 2002 [August, 2002]; Survey by The Latino Coalition.
Methodology: Conducted by Opiniones Latinas/Latino
Opinions, August 2-August 14, 2002
Knowing It By Heart: The
Constitution & Its Meaning Survey
[July, 2002]; Survey by
Time/CNN/Yankelovich Partners Poll [September, 1993]; Methodology: Conducted by Yankelovich
Partners, September 8-September 9, 1993
SELECT 2006 PILOT
SURVEY QUESTIONS
Question Wording about the inviolability of specific human
rights
“Now I'm going to read you some possible human rights. For each one please tell me whether YOU think
it is a right that should be guaranteed to every human being and never
violated, a right that may be desirable but that can be violated under certain
circumstances, or not really a right at all:
1) Freedom from physical and mental torture
2) A guaranteed minimum standard of living
3) Freedom of thought and expression”
Willingness to Pay for Sweatshop-free Goods
(Asked of all respondent):
“Some clothing producers in foreign countries make their employees
work in unsafe conditions, often called sweat shops, to keep costs and prices
low. Would you be willing to pay more
for clothing that you knew was made under SAFE working conditions?”
(Only those responding “Yes” were
asked the following follow up question):
“If you were considering buying a sweater priced around
twenty dollars, how many MORE dollars would you be willing to pay for the
sweater to get a guarantee that it was made under safe working conditions?
ENTER 2 DIGIT DOLLAR AMOUNT $0 to $96. (Don’t know or refusals were coded 0.)
IF MORE THAN $20, ENTER $97:
PROBE: “Is that how much you would pay total or how much MORE
you would pay?”
Willingness to Pay for Fair Trade Coffee
(Asked of all respondents):
“Some products from developing countries carry a label saying
‘Fair Trade,’ that means the product was produced under fair and safe working
conditions, and that the workers who produced it received a living wage. Have
you ever seen this type of label?”
AND
“How often do you purchase coffee or coffee beans from a
grocery store or supermarket? Regularly,
sometimes, rarely, or never?”
(Only those who claim to regularly
purchase coffee were asked the following about what they would pay for ‘Fair
Trade’):
“Given what you currently pay for coffee, how much more per
pound, if anything, would you be willing to pay for coffee that carries the
'Fair Trade' label.
1) nothing at all
2) fifty cents
3) one dollar
4) two dollars
5) more than two dollars
[1] Information on the surveys listed here was obtained
from searches
of the iPOLL
Databank and other resources provided by the
[2] Information
on the surveys listed here was obtained from searches of the iPOLL Databank and
other resources provided by the
[3]
Information on the surveys listed here was obtained from searches of the iPOLL
Databank and other resources provided by the