Urban Residential Mobility Study
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0170 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0170
Abstract: Reasons for the geographic mobility of the American population.
Topics: Search for information and decision-making process before
moving; description of previous residence; general attitude to moving;
number and distance of previous moves; neighborhood; social ties; local
ties and satisfaction with residential area; extent to which informed
about government support for housing construction; attitude to house
ownership; self-assessment of social class and assumed social class of
neighbors; departures determined in the neighborhood; social origins;
membership in organizations and clubs; rent c ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 11.1950 - 09.1951
Geographic coverage: Pennsylvania (US-PA), Philadelphia
Universe: Mieter und Hauseigentümer
Number of Units: 924
Sampling Procedure: Area cluster sample of renters and home owners.
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire and telephone interview.
Data Collector: Bureau of Applied Social Research, Columbia University, New York
Analysis System(s): -
Number of Variables: -
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Rossi, Peter H. - Bureau of Applied Social Research, Columbia University, New York
Publication year: 1951
DOI: 10.4232/1.0170
Study number: ZA0170
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0170
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Rossi, Peter H.:
Why Families Move: A Study in the Social Psychology of Urban Residental Mobility.
Beverly Hills: Sage 1980
| Rossi, Peter H.:
Why Families Move.
In: Lazarsfeld, Paul F.; Rosenberg, Morris (Hrsg.):
The Language of Social Research.
Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Press 1957, S. 457 - 468
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