State Legislative Committee Systems in the United States, 1981 (ICPSR 8389)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
Wayne L. Francis

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08389.v1

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Summary

This collection focuses on the committee systems in the separate state legislatures in the United States. The data were collected by mail questionnaire sent to a national sample of state legislators at the close of the 1981 legislative sessions. Included are responses to questions about the management, operation, and efficiency of legislative committee systems as well as problems perceived in the committee system. State legislators were asked to evaluate the performance and centrality of the committees they served on and their legislative chamber as a whole.

Citation

Francis, Wayne L. State Legislative Committee Systems in the United States, 1981. [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08389.v1

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Funding

National Science Foundation (SES 8006475)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

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Time Period(s)

1981

Date of Collection

1981
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Sample

Legislators were randomly selected. Initially, 66 members of every state house and 33 members of every state senate were sent survey questionnaires. Nonrespondents were sent two follow-up questionnaires.

Universe

American state legislators in 1981.

Data Source

mailback questionnaires

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Original Release Date

1985-12-20

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:
  • Francis, Wayne L. STATE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1981. Columbia, MO: Wayne L. Francis, University of Missouri [producer], 198?. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08389.v1
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