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Black American Perspectives [United States]: The Future of Civil Rights, November 11-25, 1991 (ICPSR 4028)

Published: Dec 15, 2005

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Principal Investigator(s):
The Detroit News

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04028.v1

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Summary

This study sought to gather Black Americans' perspectives on the effectiveness of Civil Rights Organizations (CROs) and to better understand their views on the future of civil rights in the United States. Respondents were asked a series of questions regarding (1) their attachments to CROs, (2) the effectiveness of CROs and related institutions, (3) future programs of CROs, (4) political and racially based attitudes and beliefs, and (5) social, economic, and demographic measures. The CROs inquired about were the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), The Urban League, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Background information on respondents includes age, highest level of education, and income.

Citation

The Detroit News. Black American Perspectives [United States]:  The Future of Civil Rights, November 11-25, 1991  . Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-12-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04028.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Time Period(s)

1991-11

Date of Collection

1991-11-11 -- 1991-11-25

Sample

Data were collected from two national random samples. The first sample consisted of a random selection of listed and unlisted residential telephone numbers. A total of 400 respondents was obtained from this source. The second sample consisted of a random selection of listed household telephone numbers from census tracts in which there was at least a 30 percent incidence of Blacks. A total of 811 respondents was obtained from this source. Two weights were applied to the samples to make them comparable to the population of adult Blacks nationwide. First, the second sample was weighted according to the distribution of the geographic location of the first sample. Second, both samples were weighted according to the age distribution of Blacks as reported in the 1990 estimates from the Bureau of the Census.

Universe

Black Americans at least 18 years of age residing in the United States.

Unit(s) of Observation

individuals

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

survey data

Original Release Date

2004-10-01

Version Date

2005-12-15

Version History

2005-12-15 On 2005-08-15 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 2005-12-15 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.
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