CBS News/60 Minutes/Vanity Fair National Poll, July #2, 2011

This poll, fielded July of 2011 and the second of two, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they had children who had been bullied, and whether the bullying had occurred on the internet, via text message, or at school. Respondents were also asked if their children's school had a specific policy that dealt with bullying, and how effective that policy was. Multiple questions addressed the use of social networking accounts by children. Additional topics included the whether the country is on the right track, pop culture, whether Pakistan is an ally of the United States, and their knowledge of and relationship to an individual killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, education level, household income, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), whether respondents thought of themselves as born-again Christians, marital status, employment status, number of children, number of people in the household between the ages of 18 and 29 years old, political party affiliation, political philosophy, and voter registration status.