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Detroit Area Study, 1970: Careers in Detroit

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Principal Investigator(s): Cole, Robert

Summary: This data collection provides information on the jobs and career patterns of 638 male workers aged 16 and older who had worked for pay for six months or longer in the Detroit metropolitan area in 1970. In order to determine the occupational mobility of respondents, detailed questions were asked about job histories. Probed were aspects of the respondents' jobs that were most satisfying to them. Other items assessed the job opportunities that were available to respondents then and in the futu... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07408.v3

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