Detroit Area Study, 1987: A Study of Greater Detroit (ICPSR 6412)

Version Date: Feb 18, 1998

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Principal Investigator(s):
Duane F. Alwin

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06412.v2

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Summary

The 1987 Detroit Area Study is a replication of Gerhard Lenski's 1958 study on religion titled DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1958: THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR (ICPSR 7279). In addition to providing standard personal and demographic information such as age, sex, race, religion, marital status, and occupation, the survey also gathered data on the economic and political behavior of respondents and their kinship institutions, as well as the commitment of individuals to socio-religious groups. Questions tapped areas such as inter-group images, class and ethnic distinctions, family and child-rearing patterns, and attitudes toward work, unions, spending, saving, welfare legislation, civil liberties, foreign affairs, minority group rights, and legislation on moral issues. Questions on religion covered doctrinal orthodoxy, the role of religious leaders in politics, and the effect of religion on politics as well as daily life.

Citation

Alwin, Duane F. Detroit Area Study, 1987: A Study of Greater Detroit. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998-02-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06412.v2

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

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

1987

Date of Collection

1987

Data Collection Notes

  1. Users should ignore the column locations provided in the codebook because they document card image data. Users may obtain column locations for the logical record length data from the SAS and SPSS data definition statements.

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Sample

Multistage area probability sample of housing units.

Universe

Adults 21 years and older in the Michigan counties of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb.

Data Source

personal interviews

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Original Release Date

1995-10-12

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:
  • Alwin, Duane F. Detroit Area Study, 1987: A Study of Greater Detroit. ICPSR06412-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06412.v2

1998-02-18 The data file and SPSS data definition statements have been revised. Also, the codebook and data collection instrument are now available as PDF files, and SAS data definition statements and an SPSS export file have been added to the collection.

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