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Population and Technical Progress

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0393 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0393
Abstract: Relationship of the population of Cologne to technical progress and willingness to accept innovations. Topics: Interest in technology; technical talent and technical knowledge; sources of information about technology; evaluation of the speed of technical progress; associations with the term technology; attitude to technology (scale); evaluation of the effect of technology on various areas of life of the people and on the environment; evaluation of success up to now of scientific research as well as of the possibilities and limits of scientific research in the future; benefit of space travel; ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 06.1967 - 07.1967
Geographic coverage: North Rhine-Westphalia (DE-NW), Cologne
Universe: Age: 18 and older.
Number of Units: 800
Sampling Procedure: Simple random selection of persons from the resident registry.
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Forschungsinstitut fuer Soziologie, Universitaet zu Koeln
Analysis System(s): -
Number of Variables: -
Notes: The current data set contains the data from 584 successfully conducted interviews. For 216 drop-outs demographic data and the contact data such as e.g. number of contact attempts, time of contact and reason for drop-out are available.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Schmelzer, Horst - Forschungsgruppe "Soziologie der Technik" Forschungsinstitut für Soziologie, Universität zu Köln
Publication year: 1967
DOI: 10.4232/1.0393
Study number: ZA0393
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0393
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Reference publications

Publications: Kops, Manfred: Die sozialen Voraussetzungen des technischen Fortschritts: Zwischenbericht zur Vorlage bei der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. Köln: Institut für vergleichende Sozialforschung 1972
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Schmelzer, Horst (1967). Population and Technical Progress. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0393 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0393.

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