Metadata record for Detroit Area Study, 2003: Information and Values in Today's Society

Detroit Area Study, 2003: Information and Values in Today's Society Baker, Wayne Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 2008-09-26 22630 doi://10.3886/ICPSR22630.v1

For this survey, respondents from three counties in the Detroit, Michigan, area were queried about how they received and used information in their daily lives and how they viewed other people, groups, and institutions. Respondents were asked about their activities during the previous 12 months, the work they did, and about some things they or someone in their household may have experienced because of their race, ethnicity, or religion. Respondents were also asked for their opinions about American news coverage, helping children grow up, and what the aims of this country should be for the next ten years. In addition, questions addressed respondents' feelings and thoughts during the past 12 months about world events and the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Demographic information includes age, sex, marital status, income, education, national origin, employment status, and household composition.

More information about the Detroit Area Studies Project is available on this Web site.

UniverseScheme22630 Detroit Area Studies Series For more information on the series, please go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/series/00151. RCMD.IX ICPSR.II.B DATAPASS.I RCMD.XIII attitudes citizen participation computer use electronic mail systems emotional states employment ethnic discrimination ethnic groups ethnicity everyday life foreign affairs government Internet memberships national interests news media religion September 11 attack television news terrorism values voting behavior worldview Detroit, Michigan, United States 2003 2003 individual survey data Adults aged 18 and over residing in households located in the Michigan tri-county area of Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne counties. Multistage probability sample of housing units in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties 2003-04-05 2003-08-31

ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Performed consistency checks.
Standardized missing values.

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AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public.

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The DETROIT ARAB AMERICAN STUDY (DAAS), 2003 (ICPSR 4413) is a companion study to this one.

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Variable labels for D18 and D18_SP have been truncated to 256 characters. Users are advised to consult the original documentation.

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