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Detroit Area Study 1966
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA0533 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0533
Abstract: The social network in an American city and political attitudes among
white citizens.
Topics: judgement on public expenditures and the economic situation;
attitude to work permits for foreigners and desired employment policies
of the government; extensive determination of social network;
relationship with neighbors and colleagues; friendships; membership in
clubs and organizations; leisure activities; social distance to ethnic
groups; attitude to race problems and the Klu Klux Klan; attitude to
trade unions and communists; religious denomination of parents; social
and regional origins; local ... more
Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 04.1966 - 11.1966
Geographic coverage: Michigan (US-MI), Greater Detroit
Universe: White, males born in the USA or Canada
between the ages of 21-64 years
who are a member of a primary family in the selected areas.
Number of Units: 1013
Sampling Procedure: Multi-stage random sample
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS
Number of Variables: 507
Notes: See also the German investigation of F.U. Pappi
(ZA Study No. 0516) that in part contains identical questions.
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Laumann, Edward O. - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Publication year: 1971
DOI: 10.4232/1.0533
Study number: ZA0533
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.0533
Version history: ... more
Reference publications
Publications: Laumann, Edward O.:
Bonds of Pluralism: The Form and Substance of Urban Social Networks.
New York: Wiley 1973.
| Laumann, Edward O.; House, James S.:
Living Room Styles and Social Attributes: The Patterning of Material Artifacts in a Modern Urban Community.
In: Laumann, Edwar O.; Siegel, Paul M.; Hodge, Robert W. (Ed.):
The Logic of Social H ... more
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