Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System, 1950-1951: Life History Interview Recodes (ICPSR 8972)

Published: Feb 16, 1992

Principal Investigator(s):
Clyde Kluckhohn; Donna Bahry

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08972.v1

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Project Description

Summary

This data collection contains recodes of interviews with displaced persons who had left the USSR during and after World War II. Fielded in 1950-1951, the interviews were designed to explore the day-to-day life experience of Soviet citizens, the way that Soviet institutions functioned at the level of the ordinary citizen, and the psychological characteristics of the Soviet population. Major areas of investigation included education, work, government, communications, family, philosophy, and ideology. Background information on respondents includes sex, year respondent left the USSR, nationality, party membership, Komsomol membership, occupation, marital status, age, and highest educational level.

Citation

Kluckhohn, Clyde, and Bahry, Donna. Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System, 1950-1951: Life History Interview Recodes. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08972.v1

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Funding

United States Air Force. Human Resources Research Institute (505-934-0001, 33(038)-12909)

National Council for Soviet and East European Research (701)

Subject Terms

citizen attitudes demographic characteristics emigration emigrants life history population characteristics population migration psychological wellbeing quality of life social change social indicators World War II

Geographic Coverage

Global Soviet Union

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1950 -- 1951

Date of Collection

1950 -- 1951

Data Collection Notes

Users should note that the card image data locations specified in the codebook are no longer valid. A variable name index appended to the codebook links the codebook to the LRECL data file via the SPSS control cards. These data were produced under the auspices of the Soviet Interview Project, James R. Millar, Principal Investigator.

Methodology

Sample

Quota sample. Respondents were chosen randomly to provide equal numbers from among eight occupational groups, five age groups, and men and women. Preference was given to people who had left the Soviet Union most recently.

Universe

Soviet displaced persons in Germany, Austria, and the United States in 1950-1951.

Data Source

transcripts of personal interviews

Data Type(s)

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1990-05-01

Version Date

1992-02-16

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.

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