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Identifying Effective Counter-Trafficking Programs and Practices in the United States, 2003-2012 (ICPSR 36348)

Released/updated on: 2025-05-29

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2003-01-01--2012-12-31, 2003-01-01--2012-12-31

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

After a decade of efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States through legislation, law enforcement, victim services, and public awareness, it was critical to begin to assess what legislative, legal, and civic responses have been most effective in achieving the desired outcome of reducing opportunities and instances of human trafficking. This study began to fill gaps in the understanding of effective anti-trafficking responses by evaluating three strategic platforms to combat human trafficking in the United States.

Researchers examined the effectiveness of state-level human trafficking legislation.
Investigators described how state human trafficking laws have been used to prosecute human trafficking offenders.
Researchers explored public opinion on human trafficking through a nationally representative survey containing embedded experiments.

The collection includes 2 Stata data files: (1) Effective Countertrafficking Law_Legislation Dataset.dta (n=500; 32 variables) and (2) Effective Countertrafficking_State Case Data-ICPSR.dta (n=479; 109 variables). Data from the public opinion survey are not available at this time.

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An Exploratory Survey of State Library Association Lobbying and Political Advocacy Practices (ICPSR 132301)

Released/updated on: 2021-02-12

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2017-01-01--2018-12-31

The data contained in this study relates to lobbying and political advocacy by state library associations in the United States. Each state has a library association that works to advance the profession, the interests of its members, and library services. To fill a gap in the literature, we conducted an exploratory survey of state library associations. Specifically, we surveyed the legislative chairs of state library associations and Chief Officers of State Library Association representatives. We collected data via Qualtrics during February 2019 and received thirty-five responses representing thirty-one states, including the District of Columbia. The survey contained quantitative and qualitative questions that were organized into six areas: how advocacy is carried out, perceived differences between advocacy and political advocacy, agenda-setting, the use of lobbyists, political partisanship, and education for advocacy in library and information science.

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Washington Representatives Study (Organized Interests in Washington Politics) - 1981, 1991, 2001, 2006, 2011 (ICPSR 35309)

Released/updated on: 2014-09-15

Geographic coverage: District of Columbia, United States

Time period: 1981-01-01--1981-12-31, 1991-01-01--1991-12-31, 2001-01-01--2001-12-31, 2006-01-01--2006-12-31, 2011-01-01--2011-12-31

The Washington Representatives Study includes information about thousands of organizations involved in Washington D.C. politics, their organizational characteristics including the kinds of interests they represented and the nature of their membership, if any, and the activities they undertook in the pursuit of policy influence. This collection encompasses all organizations listed in the Washington Representatives directories (published by Columbia Books) for 1981, 1991, 2001, 2006, and 2011 as being active in national politics by virtue of either having an office in the D.C. area, or hiring D.C.-area consultants or counsel to represent them. These organizations have been classified into 96 categories based, principally, on the kinds of interests represented. Variables include organization name, membership category, founding year, and main objective, as well as number of lobbyists hired, number of amicus briefs filed, political action committee (PAC) donations made, and web-based lobbying activities.

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State Investments in Successful Transitions to Adulthood, 1970-2000 (ICPSR 34373)

Released/updated on: 2013-03-07

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1971-01-01--2000-12-31

This research investigated the relationship between ascribed characteristics, family resources, personal circumstances, and public policies as these affect the transition to adulthood. The transition to adulthood has been extensively studied during the last four decades using a variety of well-established approaches and methods. Changes in the structure and pace of youth-to-adult transitions have been extensively documented, along with the increasingly complex lives young people lead as they negotiate the transition to adulthood. Relatively less attention has been devoted to the factors leading to these changes, and a variety of public policies related to state economic development efforts, education, and financial support for higher education have yet to be examined in any detail. This project built on the principal investigators' prior work on life course transitions and state economic and political contexts to estimate behavioral models of the late 20th and early 21st century transition to adulthood.

Specifically, this research:

Defines and describes the successful transition to adulthood in terms of human capital accumulation, attainment of economic security, and partnership and life satisfaction.
Identifies group and individual disparities in successful transitions, defined by ascribed characteristics, family resources, and personal circumstances.
Measures the impact of the social and economic environments where these transitions occur and the effects of state structures and policies on the successful transition to adulthood, specifically examining whether the impact of these state policies differs by race/ethnicity, immigrant status, and disability status.

The analysis used discrete hazard modeling and hierarchical generalized linear modeling (HGLM) to build a general model of the transition to adulthood on a wide variety of dimensions (from educational attainment to stable employment in a full-time job, employment in a job with health insurance, to independent residence and life satisfaction) and examined systematic changes in the process leading to adulthood across cohorts and across race/ethnic, immigrant, and disability groups.

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ABC News/Washington Post Pre-State of the Union Address Poll, January 2006 (ICPSR 4656)

Released/updated on: 2008-05-13

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2006-01-01--2006-01-31

This pre-State of the Union speech poll, conducted January 23-26, 2006, is a special topic poll that solicited respondents' opinions regarding various issues relating to the presidency and politics. Respondents were asked their opinions regarding President Bush's handling of the United States campaign against terrorism, the federal deficit, ethics in government, prescription drugs, the economy, and immigration. Respondents were also asked their opinions of Bush as a leader and whether he could relate to them. Respondents were further asked their opinions on what priorities the President and United States Congress should give to particular issues such as the economy, global warming, health care, prescription drugs, education, lobbying reform, and federal disaster preparedness among others. Demographic variables include race, gender, age, level of education, employment status, income, political party affiliation, political philosophy, and religious affiliation.

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Lobbyists and Legislators: A Comparative State Study, 1966 (ICPSR 7248)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-18

Geographic coverage: North Carolina, Oregon, United States, Massachusetts, Utah

Time period: 1966-01-01--1966-12-31

This study includes data collected in February and March 1966 from registered lobbyists (Part 1) and legislators (Part 2) in the states of Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, and Utah. The lobbyists (Part 1) were asked about their backgrounds in politics and in the organizations they represented. The study ascertained the lobbyists' feelings about their profession and its role in the legislative process as well as specifics about the organization(s) by whom they were employed. In addition to details of their work as lobbyists -- contacts with legislatures, techniques used to persuade, and time spent with opposition lobbyists -- the study probed the respondents' opinions about the most powerful occupation groups and the reasons for their influential positions. The legislators (Part 2) were asked about their early interest in politics, their previously held government positions, and the legislative leadership positions held at the time of the interview. Questions centered on the legislators' opinions of lobbyists and contacts with them, their competence, tasks, means of communication, and the extent to which lobbyists used pressure and persuasive activities. Aggregate data descriptions of the legislators' districts are also included.

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Activities and Maintenance Strategies of Interest Groups in the United States, 1980 and 1985 (ICPSR 9601)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-12

Geographic coverage: Washington, DC

This data collection was designed to study the organization and maintenance strategies of voluntary membership organizations with offices in Washington, D.C. Major areas of investigation include how groups overcome funding hurdles when first created, benefits provided to entice members to join a group, types of lobbying efforts engaged in, and characteristics of the organization's membership and structure.

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An Empirical Investigation of the Dynamics of PAC Contributors (ICPSR 1092)

Released/updated on: 1996-01-03

Geographic coverage: United States

These data and/or computer programs are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the INVESTIGATOR(S) if further information is desired.

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Washington Lobbyists Survey, 1956-1957 (ICPSR 7262)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: District of Columbia, United States

Time period: 1956-01-01--1957-12-31

This study interviewed a sample of registered lobbyists from Washington, DC, during the academic year 1956-1957. Questions investigated lobbyists' role in policy-making, their occupational history, interest in public affairs, reasons for becoming a lobbyist, and political activities. Other variables concern the respondents' relationships to the organizations they represented, where they tried to establish contact, techniques they used to do so, how their lobbying skills were acquired, and self-appraisal of their success. Of the 114 respondents included in the sample, 101 were actually interviewed. For the remaining 13, personal data as well as some information about their lobbying activities were obtained from public records and informal conversations. Demographic data include age, level of education, personal income, religious preference, party affiliation, marital status, and size of family.

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Illinois Lobbyists Study, 1964 (ICPSR 7283)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States, Illinois

Time period: 1964-01-01--1964-12-31

This study collected information on persons who were registered as lobbyists in Illinois in 1963. The questionnaire assessed governmental experiences, motivation, lobbyists' perceptions of the legislative process and their role within it, and their policy stands on several state, national, and international questions from which a liberal-conservative index was constructed. Demographic data include sex, age, place of residence and place of birth, religion, level of education, present and past occupations, party affiliation, total income, and income from lobbying activities.

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Survey of Public Interest Group Members, 1982 (ICPSR 8284)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States, Michigan

Time period: 1982-01-01--1982-12-31

This data collection examines the attitudes of Michigan members of Common Cause, the American Civil Liberties Union, the League of Women Voters, and the Conservative Caucus. The data file is comprised of four components, one for each public interest group -- thus, each respondent may have up to four records one for each interest group. Each component contains the same 29 variables. Respondents were queried regarding their reasons for joining the organizations, level of activism, level of satisfaction with the group, plans for membership renewal, knowledge of the group's issues, and extent of involvement in organizational issues. Gender, age, education, and occupation of the members are also included in the data.