Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Surveys [LAMAS] 5, 1972 (ICPSR 36624)

Version Date: Aug 21, 2017

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Principal Investigator(s):
University of California, Los Angeles. Institute for Social Science Research.

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36624.v1

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LAMAS 5

Summary

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Surveys [LAMAS] 5, 1972 collection reflects data gathered in 1972 as part of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Surveys (LAMAS). The LAMAS, beginning in the spring of 1970, were a shared-time omnibus survey of Los Angeles County community members, usually repeated twice annually. The LAMAS were conducted ten times between 1970 and 1976 in an effort to develop a set of standard community profile measures appropriate for use in the planning and evaluation of public policy.

The LAMAS instruments, indexes, and scales were used to track the development and course of social indicators (including social, psychological, health, and economic variables) and the impact of public policy on the community. Questions in this survey covered respondents' attitudes toward the following topics: health care services in the community, problems facing Los Angeles and the United States, psychological well-being, civic engagement, political party affiliation, and financial well-being. In addition, participating researchers were given the option of submitting questions to be asked in addition to the core items. These additional question topics included: air pollution, drinking and driving, and school and residential desegregation.

Demographic variables in this collection include age, marital status, sex, education, income, household size, race, ethnicity, and housing type.

Citation

University of California, Los Angeles. Institute for Social Science Research. Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Surveys [LAMAS] 5, 1972. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-08-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36624.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Block

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1972

Date of Collection

1972-03-13 -- 1972-05-29
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Study Purpose

The goal of the LAMAS series was the development of a set of standard community profile measures appropriate for use in the planning and evaluation of public policy.

Sample

LAMAS utilized a multistage, stratified probability sample with the following characteristics: 1. Los Angeles County was divided into ten geographic regions. 2. Block groups in each region were stratified by housing value, percentage owner-occupied, and percentage nonwhite. 3. 100 block groups were sampled from the ten regions. 4. Two block clusters were drawn from each of the 100 block groups. Household respondents were selected according to the KISH-TABLE method. The LAMAS used the unclustered nature of the sample to over sample selected sub-populations such as ethnicity. For additional information regarding sampling, please refer to the Producer Documentation.

Time Method

Cross-sectional, Longitudinal: Trend / Repeated Cross-section

Universe

Households in Los Angeles County

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

2017-08-21

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • University of California, Los Angeles. Institute for Social Science Research. Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Surveys [LAMAS] 5, 1972. ICPSR36624-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-08-21. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36624.v1

2017-08-21 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:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Created online analysis version with question text.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Weight

There are no weights present in the dataset.

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Notes