nmm 22 4500 ICPSR02535 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130523s1998 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR02535 MiAaI MiAaI Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, 1992-1994 [electronic resource] [Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles] Lawrence Bobo , James Johnson , Melvin Oliver , Reynolds Farley , Barry Bluestone , Irene Browne , Sheldon Danziger , Gary Green , Harry Holzer , Maria Krysan , Michael Massagli , Camille Zubrinsky Charles , Joleen Kirschenman , Philip Moss , Chris Tilly 2008-04-23 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1998 ICPSR 2535 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-23. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. The Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality was designed to broaden the understanding of how changing labor market dynamics, racial attitudes and stereotypes, and racial residential segregation act singly and in concert to foster contemporary urban inequality. This data collection comprises data for two surveys: a survey of households and a survey of employers. Multistage area probability sampling of adult residents took place in four metropolitan areas: Atlanta (April 1992-September 1992), Boston (May 1993-November 1994), Detroit (April-September 1992), and Los Angeles (September 1993-August 1994). The combined four-city data file in Part 1 contains data on survey questions that were asked in households in at least two of the four survey cities. Questions on labor market dynamics included industry, hours worked per week, length of time on job, earnings before taxes, size of employer, benefits provided, instances of harassment and discrimination, and searching for work within particular areas of the metropolis in which the respondent resided. Questions covering racial attitudes and attitudes about inequality centered on the attitudes and beliefs that whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians hold about one another, including amount of discrimination, perceptions about wealth and intelligence, ability to be self-supporting, ability to speak English, involvement with drugs and gangs, the fairness of job training and educational assistance policies, and the fairness of hiring and promotion preferences. Residential segregation issues were studied through measures of neighborhood quality and satisfaction, and preferences regarding the racial/ethnic mix of neighborhoods. Other topics included residence and housing, neighborhood characteristics, family income structure, networks and social functioning, and interviewer observations. Demographic information on household respondents was also elicited, including length of residence, education, housing status, monthly rent or mortgage payment, marital status, gender, age, race, household composition, citizenship status, language spoken in the home, ability to read and speak English, political affiliation, and religion. The data in Part 2 represent a telephone survey of current business establishments in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles carried out between spring 1992 and spring 1995 to learn about hiring and vacancies, particularly for jobs requiring just a high school education. An employer size-weighted, stratified, probability sample (approximately two-thirds of the cases) was drawn from regional employment directories, and a probability sample (the other third of the cases) was drawn from the current or most recent employer reported by respondents to the household survey in Part 1. Employers were queried about characteristics of their firms, including composition of the firm's labor force, vacant positions, the person most recently hired and his or her salary, hours worked per week, educational qualifications, promotions, the firm's recruiting and hiring methods, and demographic information for the respondent, job applicants, the firm's customers, and the firm's labor force, including age, education, race, and gender. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02535.v3 demographic characteristics icpsr racial discrimination icpsr racial segregation icpsr residential segregation icpsr urban areas icpsr discrimination icpsr employers icpsr household income icpsr households icpsr labor markets icpsr neighborhoods icpsr race relations icpsr racial attitudes icpsr ICPSR XVII.A. Social Institutions and Behavior, Minorities and Race Relations RCMD II. Discrimination ICPSR II. Community and Urban Studies Bobo, Lawrence Johnson, James Oliver, Melvin Farley, Reynolds Bluestone, Barry Browne, Irene Danziger, Sheldon Green, Gary Holzer, Harry Krysan, Maria Massagli, Michael Charles, Camille Zubrinsky Kirschenman, Joleen Moss, Philip Tilly, Chris Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 2535 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02535.v3