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Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 9726 Bibliographic Description Scope of Study Methodology Access and Availability
Bibliographic Description
ICPSR Study No.:	9726

Title:	Cultural Democratization in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR): Moscow Oblast Survey, 1990

Principal Investigator(s):	James L. Gibson

	Raymond M. Duch

	Gennady Denisovsky

	Polina Kozyreva

	Michail Matskovsky

Funding Agency:	National Science Foundation.

Grant Number:	SES-9003868

Bibliographic Citation:	Gibson, James L., Raymond M. Duch, Gennady Denisovsky, Polina Kozyreva, and Michail Matskovsky. CULTURAL DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (USSR): MOSCOW OBLAST SURVEY, 1990 [Computer file]. Houston, TX: James L. Gibson, University of Houston and Moscow, USSR: Gennady Denisovsky, Institute of Sociology, USSR Academy of Sciences [producers], 1991. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992.

Scope of Study
Summary:	The data were collected to assess levels of support among citizens of the Moscow Oblast for democratic rights, institutions, and processes, and to test several hypotheses about the democratic values within socialist political systems. The data cover a broad array of topics, including political tolerance, valuation of liberty, support for the norms of democracy, rights awareness, support for dissent, support for an independent media, support for the institution of competitive elections, and anti-Semitism. Questions were asked about the respondents' knowledge of current events in the Soviet Union, interest in politics, familiarity and contact with political leaders, level of political involvement, views on political issues, consumption of alcoholic beverages, and attitudes towards specific social, political, and ethnic groups. Demographic information includes age, education, occupation, birthplace, religion, and marital status. The self-administered portion of the data collection consists of a personality inventory and a word game.

Subject Term(s):	alcohol consumption, anti-Semitism, cultural perceptions, demographic characteristics, demographic statistics, democracy, dissent, elections, media use, personality assessment, political attitudes, political behavior, political interest, public opinion, socialism, tolerance

Geographic Coverage:	Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, Global

Time Period:	February 17, 1990 - March 4, 1990

Date(s) of Collection:	February 17, 1990 - March 4, 1990

Universe:	Persons aged 16 and over living in the Moscow Oblast.

Data Type:	survey data

Methodology
Sample:	A representative sample of the Moscow Oblast was drawn using a two-stage process. In the first stage, 32 regions of Moscow and 54 populated areas of the Moscow Oblast were selected from all geographical units within the Oblast. In the second stage, 550 respondents were randomly selected from lists of residents maintained by the Central Address Bureau.

Data Source:	personal interviews, and 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:	1992-05-18

Dataset(s):	DS1: Raw Data File DS2: SPSS Export File

Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 9726

Bibliographic Description

Scope of Study

Methodology

Access and Availability