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Description & Citation--Study No. 9601

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:9601
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09601
 
Title:Activities and Maintenance Strategies of Interest Groups in the United States, 1980 and 1985
 
Principal Investigator(s):Jack L. Jr. Walker
 
Funding Agency:Earhart Foundation
 
  National Science Foundation
 
  Guggenheim Foundation
 
  Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 
Bibliographic Citation:Walker, Jack L. Jr. Activities and Maintenance Strategies of Interest Groups in the United States, 1980 and 1985 [Computer file]. ICPSR09601-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09601
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection was designed to study the organization and maintenance strategies of voluntary membership organizations with offices in Washington, D.C. Major areas of investigation include how groups overcome funding hurdles when first created, benefits provided to entice members to join a group, types of lobbying efforts engaged in, and characteristics of the organization's membership and structure.
 
Subject Term(s):associations, funding, interest groups, lobbying, memberships, organizational behavior, organizations
 
Geographic Coverage:Washington, DC
 
Universe:Voluntary membership organizations listed in the Congressional Quarterly's WASHINGTON INFORMATION DIRECTORY, 1979, 1984, supplemented with groups in the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS.
 
Data Type:survey data
 

Methodology

Sample:Census, mail survey. A complete description of the sampling design and methodology can be found in Walker, Jack L., Jr. MOBILIZING INTEREST GROUPS IN AMERICA. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1991.
 
Data Source:self-enumerated questionnaires
 

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:1991-10-23
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-12.
 
  2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 4 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: 1980 Data
  • DS2: 1985 Data
  • DS3: Panel Data
 

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