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Description & Citation
Description & Citation--Study No. 7257 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 7257 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07257 |
| Title: | Foreign Policy Elites Study, 1958 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | James Rosenau |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Rosenau, James. FOREIGN POLICY ELITES STUDY, 1958 [Computer file]. ICPSR07257-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07257 |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | This study contains data on the views and opinions of 647 American public opinion leaders that were participants at the White House Conference on Foreign Aspects of United States National Security held in Washington, DC on February 25, 1958. The sample is composed of 61 percent of the 1,067 conferees. The data represent an attempt to gather empirical information about national leaders, their opinion-making activities, and their attitudinal and behavioral responses to common stimuli. Data are provided on respondents' perceptions and evaluations of the conference and conference participants, and the effects of the conference on their subsequent political and social activism and position on foreign aid. Data are also provided on respondents' formal government and political experience, access to formal and informal channels of communication, friendship networks and interaction among opinion-makers, familiarity with and involvement in foreign affairs, attitudes toward foreign aid, and conceptions of the American people and public opinion. Other demographic items specify age, sex, race, religion, education, foreign travels, occupation, veteran and military status, and leadership of organizations. |
| Subject Term(s): | activism, attitudes, foreign affairs, foreign policy, government elites, leadership, political activism, political influence, social activism, social networks |
| Geographic Coverage: | United States, Global |
| Time Period: | 1958 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | May 1958 - June 1958 |
| Data Type: | survey data |
| Data Collection Notes: | The Foreign Policy Elites Study, 1958 (ICPSR 7257) data are written in IBM column-binary format. The data are multiply-punched and are stored in EBCDIC. The file should be designated a binary file when used on a non-EBCDIC system. |
Methodology | |
| Sample: | A total of 647 American public opinion leaders that were participants at the White House conference in February 1958. |
| Data Source: | mailback 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: | 1984-05-03 |
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