The NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School National Survey on Civil Liberties is part of an ongoing project of National Public Radio, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Representatives of the three sponsors worked together to develop the survey questionnaire and to analyze the results, with NPR maintaining sole editorial control over its broadcasts on the surveys.

The results of this project are based on two nationwide telephone surveys, a main survey and a follow-up. The main survey was conducted in English and Spanish between Oct. 31 and Nov. 12, 2001 among a random representative sample of 1,208 respondents 18 years of age or older. The follow-up survey was conducted between November 20 and 25, 2001 among a random representative sample of 1,010 respondents 18 years of age or older. The fieldwork for both surveys was conducted by ICR/International Communications Research. The margin of sampling error for both surveys is plus or minus 3 percentage points for total respondents. For results based on subsets of respondents the margin of error is higher.

The project team includes:

From NPR: Marcus D. Rosenbaum, Senior Editor/Special Projects

From the Kaiser Family Foundation: Drew Altman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Matt James, Senior Vice President of Media and Public Education and Executive Director of kaisernetwork.org; Mollyann Brodie, Vice President, Director of Public Opinion and Media Research; and Rebecca Flournoy, Research Associate.

From the Kennedy School: Robert J. Blendon, a Harvard University professor who holds joint appointments in the School of Public Health and the Kennedy School of Government; Stephen R. Pelletier, Research Coordinator for the Harvard Opinion Research Program; and John M. Benson, Managing Director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program.

The results of this project are based on two nationwide telephone surveys, a main survey and a follow-up. The main survey was conducted in English and Spanish between October 31 and November 12, 2001 among a random representative sample of 1,208 respondents 18 years of age or older. The follow-up survey was conducted between November 20 and 25, 2001 among a random representative sample of 1,010 respondents 18 years of age or older. The fieldwork for both surveys was conducted by ICR/International Communications Research. The margin of sampling error for both surveys is plus or minus 3 percentage points for total respondents. For results based on subsets of respondents the margin of error is higher.