Background Memo  

The most recent survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind was conducted by telephone from September 4 through September 8, 2008 using a randomly selected sample of 1051 New Jersey residents statewide.  The margin of error for 1064 randomly selected respondents is +/- 3 percentage points.  Survey results are also subject to non-sampling error. This kind of error, which cannot be measured, arises from a number of factors including, but not limited to, non-response (eligible individuals refusing to be interviewed), question wording, the order in which questions are asked, and variations among interviewers. PublicMind interviews are conducted by professionally trained interviewers use a CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) system. Random selection >is achieved by computerized random-digit dialing. This technique gives every person with a land-line phone number (including those with unlisted numbers) an equal chance of being selected. Results are mathematically weighted to match known demographics.

Introductions:

Recently, the debate over the legal drinking age has come up again…. 

Recently, a number of university presidents proposed changing the legal drinking age to 18…

Recently, the debate over legal drinking age has come up again and prevention organizations like the partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey have opposed lowering the age…

Question: Do you favor … or…?

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