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Description & Citation--Study No. 7407

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:7407
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07407
 
Title:Detroit Area Study, 1969: White Attitudes and Actions on Urban Problems
 
Principal Investigator(s):Irwin Katz
 
  Howard Schuman
 
Series:Detroit Area Studies Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:Katz, Irwin, and Howard Schuman. DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1969: WHITE ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS ON URBAN PROBLEMS [Computer file]. Conducted by University of Michigan, Dept. of Sociology. 2nd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1997. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07407
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study examines the attitudes of white adults living in the greater Detroit Metropolitan area toward neighbors and Blacks. In particular, the study measured respondents' reactions to Blacks moving into their neighborhood, Black children playing with their child, and Blacks working at the same job. The study also assessed the current neighborhood situation with respect to the dominant socioeconomic patterns. Demographic information includes respondent's age, gender, marital status, employment status, family income, religious preference, and occupation.
 
Subject Term(s):Black White relations, cities, community power, household composition, minorities, neighborhood characteristics, political activities, racial attitudes, social integration, White Americans
 
Geographic Coverage:Detroit, Michigan, United States
 
Time Period:1969
 
Date(s) of Collection:1969
 
Universe:White adults living in the greater Detroit metropolitan area.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:The codebook and data collection instrument are provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.
 

Methodology

Data Source:personal interviews
 

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:1984-07-02
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 1997-12-19.
 
  1997-12-19 - SAS and SPSS data definition statements for this data file have been added, and the hardcopy codebook and data collection instrument have been scanned and converted to a PDF file.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Main Data File
 

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