Details

Subject(s)

• Finance, Public—Michigan—Public opinion [Browse]
• Tax and expenditure limitations—Law and legislation—Michigan—Public opinion [Browse]
• Taxation—Michigan—Public opinion [Browse]

Related name

• Rubinfeld, Daniel L. [Browse]
• Courant, Paul N. [Browse]
• Curtin, Richard T. [Browse]
• Gramlich, Edward M. [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 7815. [More in this series]
• ICPSR ; 7815

Restrictions note

Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Summary note

Given the growing belief in the late 1970s that government spending was out of control, this study was conducted to obtain information concerning the behavior, attitudes, and characteristics of actual and potential voters about the costs and benefits of public sector spending and the accuracy of those perceptions. The state of Michigan provided a good environment for this study because the November 1978 ballot contained three distinct constitutional amendments whose purpose was to effect considerable change in the taxing and expenditure authority of Michigan's state and local governments and school districts. These ballot propositions were the Headlee Amendment, the Tisch Amendment, and the School Voucher Plan. This data collection consists of 2,001 completed telephone interviews, conducted in the two months following the November election, of a sample chosen to be representative of all Michigan residents aged 18 or older. Respondents were interviewed about their attitudes toward state and local government taxes and expenditures, government in general, and the three specific tax limitation amendments on the Michigan ballot. Respondents also were asked how they voted on the propositions and what they thought the probable effects of these propositions would be if adopted. Demographic and economic information on respondents was also collected, e.g., age, sex, ethnicity, occupation, employment status, income, tax payments, and education of children (i.e., number of their children in state-supported or private schools).

Notes

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on February 7, 2006).

Type of data

Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Time and place of event

• Date(s) of collection: November 1978-January 1979.
• Time period: 1978.

Geographic coverage

Geographic coverage: Michigan, United States.

System details

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: Logical Record Length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements.
• Extent of processing: UNDOCCHK.ICPSR/ MDATA.PR/ DDEF.ICPSR.

Methodology note

• Data source: telephone interviews.
• Sample: the survey was conducted via telephone interview with a representative sample of Michigan residents aged 18 and older between November 8, 1978, and January 7, 1979, with 2,001 questionnaires completed at a response rate of 71.7 percent.
• Universe: Michigan residents aged 18 or older.

Cite as

Rubinfeld, Daniel L., Paul N. Courant, Richard T. Curtin, and Edward M. Gramlich. MICHIGAN TAX LIMITATION AMENDMENTS STUDY, 1978 [Computer file]. Conducted by University of Michigan, Survey Research Center. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1981.

OCLC

1252228149

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