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Risk, Time, and Diet Quality: Evidence from a General Population Survey (ICPSR 251164)
Released/updated on: 2026-08-03
Geographic coverage: France
Time period: 2018-01-01--2018-12-31
This paper explores the relationships between overall diet quality and attitudes toward risk and time using a general population survey. We combine a validated food frequency questionnaire with a choice-based preference module to elicit individual risk and time preferences. The online questionnaire was administered to a socioeconomic panel representative of the French population. We show that risk and time preferences are associated with individual heterogeneity in key aspects of diet quality, a result that holds across a wide range of robustness checks. Using a hierarchical Bayesian framework, we jointly estimate individual risk aversion and impatience parameters and show that these associations hold for both model-free and structural measures of risk and time preferences. We further show that these preferences account for a substantial share of the heterogeneity in dietary outcomes beyond sociodemographic controls. Finally, risk and time preferences contribute to both the income–diet-quality and education–diet-quality gradients, but in opposite directions, resulting in only a limited net contribution to explaining socioeconomic inequalities in diet quality.
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Health and Healthcare Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2020-2023 (ICPSR 39822)
Released/updated on: 2026-05-27
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2020-07-10--2020-07-14, 2023-05-24--2023-05-29
This study is composed of two surveys (repeated cross-sections) with a total sample size of 3,274 conducted using the Ipsos Global Online Omnibus. The surveys include individuals 18-75 years of age residing in the US. The first survey (n=1,085) was conducted from July 10-14, 2020 and the second survey ran from May 24-29, 2023 (n=2,189). Common survey questions include trust in key stakeholders (e.g., federal government, the healthcare system) and changes in household finances, healthcare utilization (e.g., annual preventive visits, receipt of pharmacy-based healthcare), preventive health care (e.g., influenza vaccination) and preventative behaviors (e.g. exercise, healthy eating) since the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional survey questions are self-reported mental and physical status, COVID-19 status, vaccination likelihood and risk perceptions. The survey also has respondent characteristics.
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Analysis of Risk Protection from Health Insurance Using PSID Data from the United States, 1999–2019 (ICPSR 301650)
Released/updated on: 2026-01-16
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1999-01-01--2019-12-31
This paper investigates the risk protection from health insurance, accounting for the interaction between health care cost risk and other risks such as income risk. Using panel data on household-level consumption, income, and out-of-pocket health spending, the study found that standard health insurance contracts amplify other risks, while alternative contracts that limit out-of-pocket spending relative to income can provide better risk protection. The analysis uses household-level data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), waves 1999–2019. The PSID data were used to measure consumption, income, out-of-pocket health spending, health insurance status, and demographic characteristics over time. The long panel structure enabled analysis of within-household variation across different time horizons. The full replication package, including code and additional data files, is available at the Harvard Dataverse: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GNDABS.
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Understanding Treatment Effect Estimates When Treatment Effects Are Heterogeneous for More Than One Outcome [Methods Study], United States, 2013-2018 (ICPSR 39488)
Released/updated on: 2025-09-15
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2013-01-01--2018-12-31
Current medical guidelines recommend a type of medicine called ACE/ARBs to help patients live longer and protect their kidneys after a stroke. But studies show that rates of kidney disease have gone up at the same time that more people have been using this medicine. Additional research may help show if some patients shouldn't take ACE/ARBs after a stroke.
In this study, the research team wanted to learn about the effects of taking ACE/ARBs for patients over age 65 who've had a stroke. The team reviewed Medicare claims for stroke survivors with and without chronic kidney disease, or CKD. CKD is a health problem in which the kidneys don't remove waste from the blood well. The team compared patients in areas of the country with different rates of ACE/ARB use. The team looked at how many patients lived and how many had kidney problems over two years.
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ECIN Replication Package for "An experimental comparison of contributions in collective prevention games and public goods games" (ICPSR 198944)
Released/updated on: 2024-04-30
Geographic coverage: France
Time period: 2019-02-01--2019-03-31
This archive contains all the necessary files that allow reproducing all the results in the paper An Experimental Comparison of Contributions in Collective Prevention Games and Public Good Games, by Véronique Flambard, Fabrice Le Lec and Rustam Romaniuc. The file README guides the reader into the different steps of the replication process.
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Data and Code for: Approximate Expected Utility Rationalization (ICPSR 189181)
Released/updated on: 2023-04-17
We propose a new measure of deviations from the expected utility theory. For any positive number e, we give a characterization of the datasets with a rationalization that is within e (in beliefs, utility, or perceived prices) of expected utility theory, under the assumption of risk aversion. The number e can then be used as a measure of how far the data is to the expected utility theory. We apply our methodology to data from three large-scale experiments. Many subjects in these experiments are consistent with utility maximization, but not with expected utility maximization. Our measure of distance to expected utility is correlated with the subjects' demographic characteristics.
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Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 1) National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE), 1996-1997 (ICPSR 3725)
Released/updated on: 2023-01-25
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1996-03-01--1997-03-31
The National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE) is one of the in-depth studies that are part of the MacAuthur Foundation National Survey of Midlife in the United States (MIDUS). The purpose of the NSDE is to examine the day-to-day lives, particularly the daily stressful experiences, of a subsample of MIDUS respondents. Although previous daily diary research has advanced understanding of daily stress processes, there are important limitations in these studies that are addressed in the NSDE. First, previous studies in this area have relied on small and often unrepresentative samples that limit the ability to generalize findings. For this reason, the NSDE uses a large national sample of adults in the United States. Second, previous studies of individual differences in exposure and reactivity to daily events have typically examined only one source of variability, such as personality, to the exclusion of others. The NSDE corrects this problem by utilizing the data collected in the larger MIDUS survey on a wide array of sociodemographic and psychosocial variables to study the determinants of exposure and reactivity to daily stress. Third, previous studies have failed to investigate the role of genetics in both exposure and reactivity to daily stressors. The NSDE has a subsample of identical and fraternal same-sex twin pairs in order to explore this issue. The twins were selected if twin pairs had high self-reported certainty of zygosity, had completed the MIDUS interview and questionnaires, and had mailed in their cheek cell samples. A wide range of information was obtained using the daily telephone interview. Conducting interviews for an entire year provided information about seasonal variation in daily experiences. Respondents completed an average of 7.2 of the 8 interviews resulting in a total of 10,397 days of interviews. Data collection consisted of 40 separate "flights" of interviews with each flight representing the eight-day sequence of interviews from approximately 33 respondents. The entire interview was CATI programmed, which enabled researchers to incorporate skip patterns and open ended probe questions as well as to keypunch data during the interview, allowing data cleaning throughout the data collection. Demographic information includes gender and age.
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Replication for 'Public understanding of local tornado characteristics and perceived protection from land-surface features in Tennessee, USA' (PLOS ONE) (ICPSR 109964)
Released/updated on: 2019-05-29
Geographic coverage: Tennessee, United States
Time period: 2015-10-01--2019-10-01
Misunderstandings about the influence of land-surface features on tornado frequency and other tornado-related misconceptions may affect how people prepare for and behave during hazardous weather events. This research uses a phone survey (n = 1804) to assess how participants in three regions of Tennessee perceive their local tornado characteristics (i.e., direction of travel, seasonality, and diurnal timing) and their belief in protection from land-surface features (i.e., hills, water bodies, and buildings). Region of residence influences most beliefs in local tornado characteristics, and demographic characteristics, specifically age and gender, also have some influence. Residents in hilly East Tennessee are more likely to believe they are protected by hills and underestimate the proportion of nocturnal tornadoes, while residents in West Tennessee are more likely to believe they are protected by water bodies, perhaps because of proximity to the Mississippi River. Outside of the typical severe-weather season, participants were confused on when tornadoes were likely to occur; specifically, they did not recognize their local wintertime tornado activity. Because public perceptions are related to local features, local organizations and personnel, for example National Weather Service offices and television meteorologists, may be most helpful in dispelling these misconceptions.
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Drug Use and Cultural Factors Among Hispanic Adolescents and Emerging Adults, Los Angeles, 2006-2016 (ICPSR 36765)
Released/updated on: 2018-10-03
Geographic coverage: United States, Los Angeles, California
Time period: 2006-01-01--2016-12-31
The Drug Use and Cultural Factors Among Hispanic Adolescents and Emerging Adults - Los Angeles, 2006-2016 collection examines the cultural risk and protective factors for substance use among Hispanic adolescents and emerging adults in Southern California. Adolescents were recruited in 9th grade and completed annual surveys about their substance use, acculturation, ethnic identity, cultural stressors, peer and family relationships, and cultural values. They were re-contacted to complete surveys in their early 20s; this survey also included measures of sexual behavior and interpersonal violence.
Demographic variables present in this collection include age, gender, grade in school, ethnicity, country of origin, education level, language spoken, socioeconomic status, marital status, sexual orientation, ZIP code, and place of residence.
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Channels of Interstate Risk Sharing, United States, 1963-2000 (ICPSR 25541)
Released/updated on: 2018-06-18
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1963-01-01--2000-12-31
This study developed a framework for quantifying the amount of risk sharing among states in the United States, and constructed data that allowed researchers to decompose the cross-sectional variance in gross state product into levels of smoothing capital markets, federal government, and credit market smoothing.
The collection contains 67 Excel data files, that were grouped into 17 datasets based on the organizational ordering schematic provided by the principal investigator, including:
- Dataset 1 - State Personal Income: n=1,938, 51 variables
- Dataset 2 - Federal Taxes and Contributions: n=17,948, 424 variables
- Dataset 3 - State Population: n=1,887, 51 variables
- Dataset 4 - State and Local Personal Taxes: n=11,526, 306 variables
- Dataset 5 - Interests on State and Local Funds: n=7,609, 205 variables
- Dataset 6 - Transfers: n=5,814, 153 variables
- Dataset 7 - Non Federal State Income: n=1,887, 51 variables
- Dataset 8 - Federal Grants: n=1,938, 51 variables
- Dataset 9 - Federal Transfers to Individuals: n=27,415, 766 variables
- Dataset 10 - Federal Personal Taxes: n=1,938, 51 variables
- Dataset 11 - State Government Expenditure: n=1,887, 51 variables
- Dataset 12 - Disposable State Income: n=1,836, 51 variables
- Dataset 13 - State Consumption: n=5,508, 153 variables
- Dataset 14 - State and Local Transfers: n=1,836, 51 variables
- Dataset 15 - Gross State Product: n=1,910, 52 variables
- Dataset 16 - Retail Sales: n=3,774, 102 variables
- Dataset 17 - Personal Consumption Expenditures: n=38, 2 variables
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Risk Tolerance, 1996 (ICPSR 101117)
Released/updated on: 2017-11-06
Time period: 1996-01-01--1996-12-31
In 1996, Miles S. Kimball, Claudia R. Sahm, and Matthew D. Shapiro used the questions M1-M5 asked in the 1996 Family Interview to impute variables of risk tolerance and risk aversion. For information about the construction of these variables please refer to their paper: Risk Preferences in the PSID: Individual Imputations and Family Covariation." by Miles S.Kimball, Claudia R. Sahm, and Matthew D. Shapiro. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 99 (May 2009) 363-368, which may be found on our website: Risk Preferences in the PSID: Individual Imputations and Family Covariation Please find additional helpful information in the Appendix also found on our website: Risk Tolerance Appendix
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Risky Choice and Sleep Data (2008 NSF project) (ICPSR 100343)
Released/updated on: 2016-11-18
These are the decision data from a risky choice experimental task from a 2008 funded National Science Foundation Project examining sleep and risky choice.
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Homeland Security in Small Law Enforcement Jurisdictions: Preparedness, Efficacy, and Proximity to Big-City Peers, 2011 (ICPSR 33941)
Released/updated on: 2015-12-22
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2011-01-01--2011-12-31
The Homeland Security in Small Law Enforcement Jurisdictions study drew upon data collected from 350 small (1-25 full time sworn officers) law enforcement agencies nationwide to address four gaps in the homeland security research literature and clarify/expand upon an empirically-derived model of homeland security preparedness and organizational efficacy.
- Whether physical and relational proximity to large agency peers facilitates the development of homeland security preparedness and improves perceptions of organizational efficacy (the capacity of an organization to respond) in small agencies and, conversely, whether the geographic isolation of small, rural agencies inhibits homeland security efforts.
- Whether efficacy of efforts to enhance homeland security is not just a function of perceived/actual risk or funding, but also other "institutional pressures", such as books and journal publications, as well as conferences, training, and other professional networks and channels.
- Assessments of preparedness outcomes through "organizational efficacy", the perception about the organization's ability to accomplish its goals.
- The lack of theoretical context, such as contingency and institutional theory frameworks, used to examine data on preparedness and organizational efficacy.
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NSAM: Wave 4: HIV/STD Risk Trajectories (ICPSR 35987)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-18
Geographic coverage: United States
This project uses data collected in the fourth wave of a unique longitudinal dataset, the National Survey of Adolescent Males (NSAM), to examine trajectories of risk behaviors among individuals and subgroups of men as they pass from adolescence into adulthood. This survey is a nationally representative sample of 1,880 men who were 15 to 19 years old in 1988. Respondents have been interviewed three times about their sexual and protective behaviors in 1988, 1990-91, and 1995. In 2006, the respondents were approximately 32-37 of age.
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Genetic by Context Influence on Trajectories of Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors (ICPSR 35961)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-17
Geographic coverage: United States
This study uses existing data from a seven-wave prospective cohort study (N=4,000) for measuring the health risk behaviors and contextual variables from ages 11 through 19. It also uses United States Census data at the block group level (N=58) and adolescent and parent self-reports to measure neighborhood context. This study collects and genotypes whole blood from the young adults.
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Sexual Conflict, Alcohol and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Emerging Adults (ICPSR 35951)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-05
Geographic coverage: United States
This project undertakes a longitudinal, prospective, mixed methods study of the relationship between alcohol consumption patterns and sexuality among male and female emerging adults (ages 18-29) in New York City. 400 emerging adults are recruited and enrolled in the study (stratified by gender, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity) using Respondent Driven Sampling. Assessments of conflict, alcohol consumption patterns, and sexual risk-taking behaviors are conducted three times over the course of two years. Quantitative assessments (administered via Audio-CASI) are complemented by qualitative techniques. Mixed-methods strategies are used to examine the qualitative and quantitative data to explore potential implications for intervention development.
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Gender Role Norms, Sexual Scripts and Black Men's Heterosexual Risk Behaviors (ICPSR 35933)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-03
Geographic coverage: United States
This project conducts in-depth interviews and focus groups to identify and describe gender role norms and sexual scripts for African American MSW (men who have sex with women). This 3-year study uses cross-sectional multi-site venue-based probability sampling to recruit African American MSW between the ages of 18 and 44 in Philadelphia, PA to examine how these concepts are associated with sexual risk among African American MSW.
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HIV Prevalence, Sexual Behavior, and Attitudes Toward Circumcision: Colombian MSM (ICPSR 35942)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-03
Geographic coverage: Colombia
This project is a five-year research program that investigates individual, social, and structural influences on HIV risk and serostatus among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Bogota, Colombia. Phase I of the study involves qualitative research (12 key informant interviews, 10 focus groups, and 28 life history interviews). Life history interviews are conducted with MSM who have experienced home displacement. Phase II involves quantitative research. Rapid oral HIV testing and a quantitative survey instrument is administered with A-CASI to samples of MSM ages 15-49. Social and structural data are collected on the locations where participants live. The pilot test includes 100 participants and the full administration of the revised survey includes 1000 participants, all obtained through respondent-driven sampling.
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Perceived Risk for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ICPSR 35944)
Released/updated on: 2015-06-03
Geographic coverage: United States
This project uses a sample of 200 15-19 year old female patients attending either a general adolescent medicine clinic or an STD (sexually transmitted diseases) clinic in Baltimore, Maryland and follows them for 27 months. This study collects data to assess relationship characteristics, perceived partner concurrency, PRSTD (perceived risk for STDs), and sexual behaviors through daily electronic diaries and interviews every four months using PDAs (personal digital assistants).
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Swedish Adoption/Twin Study on Aging (SATSA), 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2004, 2007, and 2010 (ICPSR 3843)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-13
Geographic coverage: Sweden, Global
Time period: 1984-01-01--2010-12-31
The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study on Aging (SATSA) was designed to study the origins of individual differences in aging and the environmental and genetic factors that are involved. SATSA began in 1984, and six additional waves were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, 2004, 2007, and 2010. The questionnaire was initially sent to all twins from the Swedish Twin Registry who were separated at an early age and raised apart; the survey was also administered to a control sample of twins who were raised together. The respondents were surveyed on items that included health status, how they were raised, work environment, alcohol consumption, and dietary and smoking habits, as well as questions about personality and attitudes; this information comprised the first component. The second component was collected from a subsample composed of 150 pairs of twins raised apart and 150 pairs of twins raised together. This subsample participated in seven waves of in-person testing, which included a health examination, structured interviews, and tests on functional capacity, cognitive abilities, and memory. The data are represented according to questionnaire and time number, and correspond to each wave/year: Questionnaire 1 and In-Person Testing Time 1 were in 1984; Questionnaire 2 and In-Person Testing Time 2 were in 1987; Questionnaire 3 and In-Person Testing Time 3 were in 1990; Questionnaire 4 and In-Person Testing Time 4 were in 1993; Questionnaire 5 was in 2003; In-Person Testing Time 5 was in 2004; Questionnaire 6 and In-Person Testing Time 6 were in 2007; In-Person Testing Time 7 was in 2010. The Administrative and Cognitive datasets include data from all years/waves. The Smell Survey dataset only includes data from 1990. No years were specified for the Contact measures and Separation measures datasets. Demographic and background information includes age, sex, education, family history, household composition and employment.
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Evaluation of SAFEChildren, a Family-Focused Prevention Program in Chicago, Illinois, 2006-2010 (ICPSR 33101)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-12
Geographic coverage: United States, Chicago, Illinois
Time period: 2007-03-08--2008-06-04, 2006-09-01--2010-06-30
Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFEChildren) is a family-focused program designed to aid families residing in high risk communities with child development during the child's transition to school. The program has the goal of building protection and impeding risk trajectories for aggression, violence, and school failure. The program utilizes multiple family groups (four to six families) combined with reading tutoring for the child. The SAFE Effectiveness Trial (SAFE-E) involved community providers delivering the family group intervention and upper grade students delivering the tutoring program. The trial took place between 2006 and 2010, and involved two age cohorts of children. Collaborating with two community mental health agencies and six elementary schools serving high-poverty, high-crime neighborhoods in Chicago, Illinois, families were randomly assigned to intervention groups of four to six families during their child's first grade year. Children also received tutoring from tutors selected from the upper grades of the child's school. Assessments were collected prior to, during and after the intervention to assess developmental influences, fidelity, process, and implementation characteristics that might affect impact. The purpose of these assessments was to examine the relation of implementation qualities to variation in intervention effects. Quality of implementation was expected to affect short and long-term impact of the intervention, focusing on three primary areas: (1) fidelity of implementation of the program, (2) provider characteristics, such as tutors' reading levels, and attitudes and orientation of the family intervention providers, and (3) quality of support for implementation. The data are from fidelity and process measures developed for this study and measures completed by parents, teachers, and children over four waves of measurement spanning two years, beginning in the fall of each child's first grade year.
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Gender Norms and Partner Selection: HIV/STI Risk Among Urban Youth (ICPSR 35842)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-01
Geographic coverage: United States
The project conducts a random-sample cross-sectional survey (N=480) and in-depth interviews (N=40) of 15-24-year-olds across Baltimore City, Maryland to examine gender role beliefs and partner selection patterns among young adults. Topics include beliefs about hypermasculinity, hyperfemininity, and power distribution in relationships; sexual partner selection patterns; and risky sexual behaviors.
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Heterosexual HIV Risk Behavior in Homeless Men (ICPSR 35846)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-01
Geographic coverage: United States
This project conducts interviews to achieve a rich understanding of homeless men's gender-related attitudes and how these attitudes may influence men's decisions to use or not use condoms during specific sexual events with women.
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Community Factors, HIV and Related Health Outcomes in Men Who Have Sex With Men (ICPSR 35848)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-01
Geographic coverage: United States
This project conducts a multi-level, cross sectional study to identify key neighborhood-level characteristics that may influence sexual risk behaviors, substance use and depression among men who have sex with men (MSM). To achieve these aims, the study enrolls a geographically and ethnically diverse sample of 1500 MSMs in New York City. Participants provide information via ACASI on their sexual risk behaviors and substance use and depression, perceptions of residential and social neighborhoods, and individual-level covariate data.
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National Survey of Disaster Experiences and Preparedness (NSDEP), 2007-2008 (ICPSR 34891)
Released/updated on: 2014-03-25
Geographic coverage: New York City, District of Columbia, United States, Los Angeles
Time period: 2001-09-11--2008-02-13
The National Survey of Disaster Experiences and Preparedness (NSDEP), 2007-2008 examined public preparedness, mitigation, avoidance actions, intended actions and perceptions of major hazards with an emphasis on the hazards created by terrorism. Telephone interviews were conducted with 3300 United States residents between April 13, 2007 and February 13, 2008. Information was collected on topics such as terrorism, the government, knowledge about terrorism, and disaster/emergency planning and preparedness. Demographic and background variables included marital status, household composition, age, gender, education, country of birth, ethnicity, employment status, and income.
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Sociopolitical Determinants of Perceived Risk, 1998 (ICPSR 34637)
Released/updated on: 2013-11-06
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1997-09-01--1998-02-28
The Sociopolitical Determinants of Perceived Risk project is an extensive national survey designed to assess the influence of sociopolitical constructs on perceived risk. This research project designed an extensive survey instrument to assess the influence of sociopolitical constructs on perceived risk. The survey was administered to 1,204 randomly selected adults by telephone between September, 1997 and February, 1998. Minority groups (African-American, Hispanic-American, and Asian-American persons) were oversampled. This national survey revealed that men rate a wide range of hazards as lower in risk than women and that whites rate risks lower than non-whites. Non-white females often gave the highest risk ratings. The group with the consistently lowest risk perceptions across a range of hazards was white males. A few exceptions were found: compared with white males, Asian males gave lower risk ratings to six items. Compared with the rest of the sample, white males were more sympathetic with hierarchical, individualistic, and anti-egalitarian views, more trusting of technology managers, less trusting of government, and less sensitive to potential stigmatization of communities from hazards. Although the data showed that white males stood apart from others, the data also revealed substantial heterogeneity in risk perceptions among the race and gender groups that comprised the 'other' category. That is, risk perceptions varied considerably across African-Americans, Asian, and Hispanic males and females. The heterogeneity implies that risk perceptions depend importantly on characteristics of the individuals facing the risk. The sociopolitical constructions included power, control influence, alienation, social class, trust and worldviews. Demographic information pertaining to race, gender, age, education and income was also obtained.
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Responsible Analysis When Tradeoffs are Taboo, 2002 (ICPSR 34810)
Released/updated on: 2013-09-11
Geographic coverage: Oregon, United States
Time period: 2002-05-07--2002-05-08
Responsible Analysis When Tradeoffs are Taboo was conducted in order to better understand "taboo" responses, and to distinguish choices that are truly taboo from those that are actually difficult or confusing. Respondents reviewed information for a number of different potentially taboo plans, decisions, or proposals, such as human cell cloning, genetic modification of wheat, different insurance rates for smokers and non-smokers, and were then asked to give their opinions regarding those proposals. Respondents were given different reason sets to agree or disagree with, relative to each proposal, that ranged from whether the proposal was morally wrong to whether the proposal violates the norms of society. If respondents did not agree with the proposal, they were asked additional questions. These additional questions were used to assess whether respondents would agree with the proposal passing if there was a dollar amount that they would save as a result. In this collection, the experiment had 22 scenarios and respondents were each given 11 of these scenarios. Demographic variables included gender, age, native language, ethnic identity, and year in school.
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Dissociating Affect and Deliberation in Choice Processes, 2001 (ICPSR 26281)
Released/updated on: 2010-01-25
Geographic coverage: Oregon, United States
Time period: 2001-09-01--2001-09-30
This study was conducted to examine hypotheses derived from an emotion-based model of stigma responses to radiation sources. A model of stigma susceptibility was proposed in which affective reactions and cognitive worldviews activate predispositions to appraise and experience events in systematic ways that result in the generation of negative emotion, risk perceptions, and stigma responses. For this study, a total of 198 respondents were asked about a series of 15 objects and activities: sun-tanning, radiation therapy for cancer control, microwave ovens, nuclear power plants, radiation from air travel, death of a favorite pet, medical x-rays, the upcoming spring break, natural background radiation, final exams for the term, radiation from nuclear weapons testing, radiation to prevent bacteria in food, a series of thefts or crimes in their neighborhoods, cosmic radiation, and radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. Providing ratings on 17 scales, respondents gave their feelings about each object or activity, offered their opinions on situations wherein the object or activity would or would not be of concern, the impact of the object or activity in their lives, and their adjustment to situations involving the object or activity. Queries also included how angry and afraid the object or activity made respondents, and how risky, disgraceful, moral, acceptable, and stigmatized they felt it was. Finally, participants provided self-report ratings of affective reactivity and worldviews.
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Affect, Reason, and Decision Making (ICPSR 24610)
Released/updated on: 2009-09-22
Geographic coverage: Oregon, United States, Australia
Time period: 1995-01-01--1995-12-31
This study examines the commonly observed inverse relationship between perceived risk and perceived benefit. The researchers proposed that this relationship occurs because people rely on affect when judging the risk and benefit of specific hazards. The study tested and confirmed the hypothesis that providing information designed to alter the favorability of one's overall affective evaluation of an item (say nuclear power, natural gas, and food preservatives) would systematically change the risk and benefit judgments for that item. The study suggests that people seem prone to using an "affect heuristic" which improves judgmental efficiency by deriving both risk and benefit evaluations from a common source -- affective reactions to the stimulus item.
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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM): Expert Questionnaire Data, 1999-2003 (ICPSR 21862)
Released/updated on: 2009-06-26
Geographic coverage: Singapore, Hong Kong, United States, China (Peoples Republic), Scotland, Thailand, Portugal, Iceland, Global, Greece, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden, Ireland, Brazil, Slovenia, France, Chile, Croatia, Argentina, Hungary, Japan, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, India, Spain, New Zealand, Canada, Venezuela, Belgium, Norway, Taiwan, Finland, Denmark, South Africa, Italy, Mexico, Uganda, Israel, Australia, Germany
Time period: 1999-01-01--2003-12-31
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) was designed to capture various aspects of firm creation and entrepreneurship across countries. The data have been collected over a number of years (1998-2003) and include responses from 4,685 experts in over 38 countries and three subnational regions. This study seeks to measure the national attributes considered critical for new firm births and small firm growth. The dataset is a harmonized file capturing the results from all of the surveys. The expert, or key informant, questionnaire was improved and adjusted each year to increase the reliability of multi-item indices and provide for the addition of new dimensions. For each version of the questionnaire, respondents completed 70-80 standardized items that were the basis for 12-15 multi-item indices. Respondents were initially asked a series of general questions pertaining to starting a business, such as whether they were currently trying to start a new business, whether they knew anyone who had started a new business, and whether they thought it was a good time to do so. Respondents were also asked about the process of starting up a new business; whether they had done anything to start a new business in the past 12 months; whether they would own all, part, or none of the new business; how many people would be involved with the new business; what sort of business they were starting; and what they would sell. In addition, respondents identified the total start-up costs, the various sources of the start-up money, and why they were involved in the start-up. Respondents then answered a set of questions to assess the national conditions influencing entrepreneurial activity in their own country. In this respect, respondents provided their opinions on business and entrepreneurial education, the integration of new technology in businesses, the availability of financial support through government policies and programs, the availability of subcontractors, yearly changes in the economic market, and the physical infrastructure in their country. Views were also elicited from respondents about their national cultures in regard to entrepreneurial efforts and opportunities, attitudes towards entrepreneurs in general, women entrepreneurs and the resources available to them, and citizens' knowledge and experience with new businesses. They also gave their views on the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) legislation and its enforcement in their respective countries. Respondents were then queried on the technological strengths of their country by ranking the top five sectors in which there has been development of the greatest number of technology-intensive start-up companies in the past ten years. Finally, respondents were asked the same general questions as those used in the GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR (GEM): ADULT POPULATION SURVEY DATA SET, 1998-2003 (ICPSR 20320) in order to ascertain whether the opinions and behaviors of the current "expert" respondents differ from those of the general population. These questions included whether they were starting a new business, if there were opportunities for new businesses, funding sources for a new business, skills required to start a new business, shutting down a business, and whether a fear of failure was preventing the start of a new business. The dataset also contains variables that describe the respondent's gender, age, educational attainment, labor force status, the entrepreneurial areas in which they feel they have strong expertise, and the month and year the survey was conducted.
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Health Behavior in School-Aged Children, 1995-1996: [United States] (ICPSR 3154)
Released/updated on: 2008-04-23
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1995-01-01--1996-12-31
Since 1982, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has sponsored a cross-national, school-based study of health-related attitudes and behaviors of young people. These studies, generally known as Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC), are based on nationally independent surveys of school-aged children in as many as 30 participating countries. The HBSC studies were conducted every four years since the 1985-1986 school year. The United States was one of three countries chosen to implement the survey out of cycle. The data available here are the results of the United States study from the 1995-1996 school year. The study results can be used as stand-alone data, or to compare to the other countries involved in the international HBSC. The HBSC study has two main objectives. The first objective is to monitor health-risk behaviors and attitudes in youth over time to provide background and identify targets for health promotion initiatives. The second objective is to provide researchers with relevant information to understand and explain the development of health attitudes and behaviors through early adolescence. The study contains variables dealing with many types of drugs such as tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, hallucinogens, and over-the-counter medications. The study also examines a person's health and health behaviors such as eating habits, depression, injuries, anti-social behavior including questions concerning bullying, fighting, using weapons, and how one deals with anger. There are also questions concerning problems with attention span at school and opinions about school itself.
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Health Behavior in School-Aged Children, 1997-1998 [United States] (ICPSR 3522)
Released/updated on: 2008-04-23
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1997-01-01--1998-12-31
Since 1982, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has sponsored a cross-national, school-based study of health-related attitudes and behaviors of young people. These studies, generally known as Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC), are based on independent national surveys of school-aged children in as many as 30 participating countries. The HBSC studies were conducted every four years since the 1985-1986 school year. The data available here are from the results of the United States survey conducted during the 1997-1998 school year. The study results can be used as stand-alone data, or to compare with the other countries involved in the international HBSC. The HBSC study has two main objectives. The first objective is to monitor health-risk behaviors and attitudes in youth over time to provide background data and to identify targets for health promotion initiatives. The second objective is to provide researchers with relevant information in order to understand and explain the development of health attitudes and behaviors through early adolescence. The study contains variables dealing with many types of drugs such as tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, hallucinogens, and over-the-counter medications. The study also examines a person's health and other health behaviors such as eating habits, body image, health problems, family make-up, feelings, bullying, fighting, bringing weapons to school, personal injuries, and opinions about school.
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Personal Interview Transcripts for Research on Exploring Citizen Perspectives on Electronic Government-Citizen Relationships, January-May 2005 (ICPSR 20201)
Released/updated on: 2007-07-10
Geographic coverage: Australia, Queensland
Time period: 2005-01-01--2005-05-31
Citizens already engaged in online activities are more inclined to connect with their governments electronically. One question that has largely gone unanswered is: Does citizens' use of the Internet to interact with governments facilitate relationships between them and their governments? This key issue for e-governance is under-researched, so this survey explored the perspectives of citizens from a Queensland, Australia city through qualitative interviews. Findings indicate that citizens trust the e-government process, but not their governments. The data for this study is comprised of transcripts of each respondent's answers to a series of questions. Quantitative survey research is needed to confirm these results, which are important both for relationship theory, governments, and citizens.
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ABC News/Washington Post War Poll #1, April 2003 (ICPSR 3783)
Released/updated on: 2003-07-30
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2003-04-01--2003-04-30
This special topic poll, conducted April 3, 2003, was undertaken to assess public opinion on the war against Iraq. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way President George W. Bush was handling the presidency, whether they supported or opposed the war, how the war was going, how long the war would last, the chances that the United States would become bogged down in a drawn-out war in Iraq, and whether Bush, his advisors, and military leaders underestimated the difficulty of the war. Views were sought on whether the number of United States military casualties had been acceptable, whether additional military casualties were anticipated, whether the Iraqi resistance had been tougher or weaker than expected, whether efforts to avoid civilian casualties had been adequate, and whether the battle for control of Baghdad would be difficult or easy. Those polled were asked whether weapons of mass destruction must be found for the war to be justified. A series of questions addressed the illness known as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Topics covered whether respondents were concerned that they or someone in their family might catch SARS and whether they were more concerned that they or someone in their family might catch SARS or be a victim of a terrorist attack. Background information on respondents includes gender, and political party.