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Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 7388

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:7388
 
Title:Burdens of National Defense, 1961-1968
 
Principal Investigator(s):Bruce M. Russett
 
Bibliographic Citation:Russett, Bruce M. BURDENS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, 1961-1968 [Computer file]. Compiled by Bruce M. Russett, Yale University. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1976.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study includes state-level information on expenditures of the United States Department of Defense and National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the years 1961-1962 and 1967-1968 (Part 1), and U.S. Senate roll-call votes on defense-related issues during the 87th and 90th Congresses (Part 2). The study also contains time-series data representing a breakdown of the gross national product (GNP) by component categories for Canada in the years 1947-1964 (Part 3), for France in 1950-1965 (Part 4), for the United Kingdom in 1947-1965 (Part 5), and for the United States in 1938-1967 (Part 6).
 
Subject Term(s):arms race, arms sales, Cold War, defense contracts, defense spending, economic history, economic indicators, expenditures, federal budget, foreign affairs, government expenditures, Gross National Product, gun control, health expenditures, international affairs, legislators, local government, military pay, NASA, national income, nations, personal income, roll call data, state government, states (USA), United States Department of Defense, United States Senate, voting behavior
 
Geographic Coverage:Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, France, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, United Kingdom, United States, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Global
 
Time Period:1938 - 1968
 
Date(s) of Collection:1968 - 1969
 
Universe:GNP components in the United States (1938-1967), Canada (1947-1964), United Kingdom (1947-1965), and France (1950-1965). (2) U.S. senators serving in the 87th and 90th Congresses (1961-1962 and 1967-1968, respectively).
 
Data Type:aggregate data, and roll call voting data
 
Data Collection Notes:The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Data Source:(1) SURVEYS OF CURRENT BUSINESS, (2) U.S. Bureau of the Census. STATISTICAL ABSTRACTS OF THE UNITED STATES, (3) U.S. Bureau of the Census. HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES: COLONIAL TIMES TO 1957, (4) U. S. Bureau of the Census. GOVERNMENTAL FINANCES IN 1966-1967, CANADA YEARBOOK, (5) Dominion Bureau of Statistics (Canada). NATIONAL ACCOUNTS INCOME AND EXPENDITURE, (6) United Nations. YEARBOOK OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS STATISTICS, (7) O.E.E.C. STATISTICS OF NATIONAL PRODUCT AND EXPENDITURE, (8) Central Statistical Office (U.K.). NATIONAL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE, (9) Central Statistical Office (U.K.). ANNUAL ABSTRACT OF STATISTICS, (10) Ministere des Finances (France). ANNUAIRE STATISTIQUE DE LA FRANCE, (11) Ministere des Finances (France). STATISTIQUES ET ETUDES FINANCIERES, (12) Ministere des Finances (France). COMPTES DE LA NATION: 1949-1959, (13) Lawrence Kennedy. BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESSES: 1774-1971, (14) CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY ALMANAC.
 

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
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 1992-02-16.
 
  2006-01-18 - File CB7388.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Ranking of the States -- United States
  • DS2: Senators' Scores -- United States
  • DS3: Time Series Data for Canada
  • DS4: Time Series Data for France
  • DS5: Time Series Data for the United Kingdom
  • DS6: Time Series Data for the United States
 

 

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