Cultural Democratization in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR): Moscow Oblast Survey, 1990 (ICPSR 9726)

Version Date: May 18, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
James L. Gibson; Raymond M. Duch; Gennady Denisovsky; Polina Kozyreva; Michail Matskovsky

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09726.v1

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Summary

The data were collected to assess levels of support among citizens of the Moscow Oblast for democratic rights, institutions, and processes, and to test several hypotheses about the democratic values within socialist political systems. The data cover a broad array of topics, including political tolerance, valuation of liberty, support for the norms of democracy, rights awareness, support for dissent, support for an independent media, support for the institution of competitive elections, and anti-Semitism. Questions were asked about the respondents' knowledge of current events in the Soviet Union, interest in politics, familiarity and contact with political leaders, level of political involvement, views on political issues, consumption of alcoholic beverages, and attitudes towards specific social, political, and ethnic groups. Demographic information includes age, education, occupation, birthplace, religion, and marital status. The self-administered portion of the data collection consists of a personality inventory and a word game.

Citation

Gibson, James L., Duch, Raymond M., Denisovsky, Gennady, Kozyreva, Polina, and Matskovsky, Michail. Cultural Democratization in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR): Moscow Oblast Survey, 1990. [distributor], 1992-05-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09726.v1

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Funding

National Science Foundation (SES-9003868)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

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Time Period(s)

1990-02-17 -- 1990-03-04

Date of Collection

1990-02-17 -- 1990-03-04
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Sample

A representative sample of the Moscow Oblast was drawn using a two-stage process. In the first stage, 32 regions of Moscow and 54 populated areas of the Moscow Oblast were selected from all geographical units within the Oblast. In the second stage, 550 respondents were randomly selected from lists of residents maintained by the Central Address Bureau.

Universe

Persons aged 16 and over living in the Moscow Oblast.

Data Source

personal interviews, and self-enumerated questionnaires

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Original Release Date

1992-05-18

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:
  • Gibson, James L., Raymond M. Duch, Gennady Denisovsky, Polina Kozyreva, and Michail Matskovsky. CULTURAL DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (USSR): MOSCOW OBLAST SURVEY, 1990. Houston, TX: James L. Gibson, University of Houston and Moscow, USSR: Gennady Denisovsky, Institute of Sociology, USSR Academy of Sciences [producers], 1991. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09726.v1
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