Americans View Their Mental Health, 1976 (ICPSR 7948)

Published: Nov 4, 2005

Principal Investigator(s):
Joseph Veroff; Elizabeth Douvan; Richard Kulka

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07948.v1

Version V1

Slide tabs to view more

Project Description

Summary

Funded in 1975 by the National Institute of Mental Health, this data collection proposed to assess the quality of American life and to influence national policy aimed at enhancing mental health resources. This collection contains 262 variables that were also included in AMERICANS VIEW THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, 1957 (ICPSR 3503). The survey queried American adults on various areas in which problems might arise, including marriage, parenthood, employment, and general social relationships. Information about leisure time, past and present physical and mental health, and motives for affiliation, achievement, and power were also sought. In addition, extensive information was collected concerning help-seeking, the readiness of people to use professional help for mental health problems, the particular helpers they used, referral mechanisms, and evaluation of help received.

Citation

Veroff, Joseph, Douvan, Elizabeth, and Kulka, Richard. Americans View Their Mental Health, 1976. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-11-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07948.v1

Export Citation:

RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.)
EndNote

Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health

Subject Terms

achievement career goals divorce employment history happiness job satisfaction leisure marriage memberships mental health motivation occupations parenting skills preferences psychological wellbeing quality of life self concept social indicators social roles social values

Geographic Coverage

United States

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1976

Date of Collection

1976

Methodology

Sample

Multistage area probability sample.

Universe

Americans aged 21 years and older living in private households in the United States in 1976.

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1984-05-10

Version Date

2005-11-04

Version History

1984-05-10 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.
Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions.

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.
The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.

This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.