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Description & Citation--Study No. 8512 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 8512 |
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| Title: | National Survey of Black Americans, 1979-1980 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | James S. Jackson |
| Gerald Gurin | |
| Series: | National Survey of Black Americans Series |
| Funding Agency: | National Institute of Mental Health. Center for Study of Minority Group Mental Health. |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Jackson, James S., and Gerald Gurin. NATIONAL SURVEY OF BLACK AMERICANS, 1979-1980 [Computer file]. Conducted by University of Michigan, Survey Research Center. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1999. |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | The purpose of this data collection is to provide an appropriate theoretical and empirical approach to concepts, measures, and methods in the study of Black Americans. The questionnaire was developed over two years, with input from social scientists, students, and a national advisory panel of Black scholars. The final instrument encompasses several broad areas related to Black American life. The study explores neighborhood-community integration, services, crime and community contact, the role of religion and the church, physical and mental health, and self-esteem. It also examines employment, the effects of chronic unemployment, the effects of race on the job, and interaction with family and friends. In addition, the survey provides information on racial attitudes, race identity, group stereotypes, and race ideology. Demographic variables include education, income, occupation, and political behavior and affiliation. |
| Subject Term(s): | African Americans, community involvement, crime, economic indicators, ethnic identity, family relationships, mental health, physical health, political ideologies, psychological wellbeing, race relations, racial attitudes, racial discrimination, racism, reactions to crime, religious attitudes, religious beliefs, residential segregation, self esteem, social indicators, social interaction, social networks, social services, stereotypes, unemployment, work attitudes |
| Geographic Coverage: | United States |
| Time Period: | 1979 - 1980 |
| Universe: | Black United States citizens 18 years of age or older. |
| Data Type: | survey data |
| Data Collection Notes: | (1) Users should note that data for the ''state and county'' codes (Variables 1405, 1407, and 1410) were entered in COUNTY/STATE order and not STATE/COUNTY order. This is the reverse of how Note 3 describes the interpretation of these variables. (2) The age distribution for the 2,107 persons interviewed was ages 17-54 (N = 1,526), 55-64 (N = 239), 65-74 (N = 230), 75-84 (N = 100), and 85+ (N = 12). (3) The data in this collection are superseded by the Wave 1 data in NATIONAL SURVEY OF BLACK AMERICANS, WAVES 1-4, 1979-1980, 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1992 (ICPSR 6668) |
Methodology | |
| Sample: | National multistage probability sample. The sample is self-weighting. Every Black American household in the continental United States had an equal probability of being selected. |
| Data Source: | personal interviews and 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: | 1987-01-12 |
| Version History: | The last update of this study occurred on 2005-11-04. |
| 2005-11-04 - On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions. | |
| 1999-07-16 - SAS data definition statements have been added to this collection, and the SPSS data definition statements were reformatted. | |
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