The ninth nation-wide social experimental survey

Abstract

In this article are presented the results of a survey of opinions by personal interviews during October, 1943, with two samples (each of 2,500) of urban dwellers, 1,000 rural persons, and 1,000 college students. Some data on the sources of the samples are given. Responses are tabulated for the various samples to questions dealing with the following topics: free enterprise or government control; socialism, etc.; Congress vs. bureaucracy; cost of living; subsidies; tax methods; influence of religion; issues in the 1944 presidential campaign; federal vs. state government; union membership and threats to freedom; and postwar expectations. In some instances the results are compared with similar results for earlier years. The vote on some issues is broken down into votes by each of four socioeconomic groups within the urban samples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)