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Description & Citation--Study No. 4120

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:4120
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04120
 
Title:Detroit Area Study, 1997: Social Change in Religion and Child Rearing
 
Principal Investigator(s):Duane Alwin, University of Michigan
 
Series:Detroit Area Studies Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:Alwin, Duane. DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1997: SOCIAL CHANGE IN RELIGION AND CHILD REARING [Computer file]. ICPSR04120-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Detroit Area Studies [producer], 1997. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-06-02. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04120
 

Scope of Study

Summary:For this survey, respondents from three counties in the Detroit, Michigan, area were queried about their work, health, marriage and family, finances, political views, religion, and child rearing. With respect to finances, respondent views were elicited on credit card purchases, recording expenditures, and savings and investments. Regarding political views, respondents were questioned about political preferences, presidential values, freedom of speech, nuclear war, and the interest of public officials. Questions also addressed religious beliefs and experiences, including the religiosity of respondents' parents, belief in and relationship with God, the relationship between science and religion, school prayer, divorce, and homosexuality. Additional religious questions -- based on the respondents' religious preference (i.e., Protestant, Catholic, Jew, Other Religion, or No Preference/Agnostic/Atheist Only) -- also were asked, covering topics such as interfaith marriages, religion of friends, and observance of religious holy days. Questions were asked about the views of respondents' religious leaders on issues including drinking, abortion, and test-tube fertilization. Regarding child rearing, views were elicited on issues including religious preference of child(ren) raised, religious training given to child(ren), and frequency of prayer before meals. Background information includes marital status, employment, political orientation, and income.
 
Subject Term(s):abortion, birth control, Catholics, child rearing, children, Christianity, church attendance, communism, Creationism, credit card use, divorce, drinking behavior, economic behavior, educational background, employment, ethnicity, families, family life, fertility, freedom of speech, friendships, gambling, health behavior, health status, homosexuality, income, intergenerational relations, Jews, job satisfaction, marriage, nuclear war, political affiliation, political attitudes, political participation, political parties, prayer, presidency, priests, Protestants, public officials, religion, religious affiliation, religious attitudes, religious behavior, religious beliefs, religious conversion, school prayer, suicide, voting behavior
 
Geographic Coverage:Detroit, Michigan, United States
 
Time Period:1997
 
Date(s) of Collection:1997
 
Universe:Residents 21 years and older in the tri-county area (Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb) of Michigan.
 
Data Type:survey data
 

Methodology

Sample:A random-digit dialing sample of residential telephone numbers in the Michigan counties of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb. The sample was restricted to adults 21 years of age and older.
 
Mode of Data Collection:telephone interview
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2005-06-02
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Detroit Area Study, 1997: Social Change in Religion and Child Rearing
 

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