Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, 1992-1994: [Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles] (ICPSR 2535)
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Lawrence Bobo, Harvard University;
James Johnson, University of North Carolina;
Melvin Oliver, Ford Foundation;
Reynolds Farley, Russell Sage Foundation;
Barry Bluestone, University of Massachusetts-Boston;
Irene Browne, Emory University;
Sheldon Danziger, University of Michigan;
Gary P. Green, University of Wisconsin;
Harry Holzer, Michigan State University;
Maria Krysan, Pennsylvania State University;
Michael Massagli, University of Massachusetts-Boston;
Camille Zubrinsky Charles, University of Pennsylvania;
Joleen Kirschenman;
Philip Moss;
Chris Tilly
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02535.v3
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The Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality was designed to broaden the understanding of how changing labor market dynamics, racial attitudes and stereotypes, and racial residential segregation act singly and in concert to foster contemporary urban inequality. This data collection comprises data for two surveys: a survey of households and a survey of employers. Multistage area probability sampling of adult residents took place in four metropolitan areas: Atlanta (April 1992-September 1992), Boston (May 1993-November 1994), Detroit (April-September 1992), and Los Angeles (September 1993-August 1994). The combined four-city data file in Part 1 contains data on survey questions that were asked in households in at least two of the four survey cities. Questions on labor market dynamics included industry, hours worked per week, length of time on job, earnings before taxes, size of employer, benefits provided, instances of harassment and discrimination, and searching for work within particular areas of the metropolis in which the respondent resided. Questions covering racial attitudes and attitudes about inequality centered on the attitudes and beliefs that whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians hold about one another, including amount of discrimination, perceptions about wealth and intelligence, ability to be self-supporting, ability to speak English, involvement with drugs and gangs, the fairness of job training and educational assistance policies, and the fairness of hiring and promotion preferences. Residential segregation issues were studied through measures of neighborhood quality and satisfaction, and preferences regarding the racial/ethnic mix of neighborhoods. Other topics included residence and housing, neighborhood characteristics, family income structure, networks and social functioning, and interviewer observations. Demographic information on household respondents was also elicited, including length of residence, education, housing status, monthly rent or mortgage payment, marital status, gender, age, race, household composition, citizenship status, language spoken in the home, ability to read and speak English, political affiliation, and religion. The data in Part 2 represent a telephone survey of current business establishments in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles carried out between spring 1992 and spring 1995 to learn about hiring and vacancies, particularly for jobs requiring just a high school education. An employer size-weighted, stratified, probability sample (approximately two-thirds of the cases) was drawn from regional employment directories, and a probability sample (the other third of the cases) was drawn from the current or most recent employer reported by respondents to the household survey in Part 1. Employers were queried about characteristics of their firms, including composition of the firm's labor force, vacant positions, the person most recently hired and his or her salary, hours worked per week, educational qualifications, promotions, the firm's recruiting and hiring methods, and demographic information for the respondent, job applicants, the firm's customers, and the firm's labor force, including age, education, race, and gender.
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Two weights are provided in Part 1: a post-stratified nonresponse adjusted household weight and a person weight. Four weights are provided in Part 2.
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The data files in Parts 1 and 2 can be linked.
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This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff. ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate, hardcopy documentation has been converted to machine-readable form and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity.
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Part 1: Multistage area probability sample. Part 2: Size-weighted, stratified, probability sample.
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Part 1: Adult residents in four selected metropolitan areas in the United States (Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles), Part 2: Active business establishments in the same four areas.
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personal interviews
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1998-08-28
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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:
- Bobo, Lawrence, James Johnson, Melvin Oliver, Reynolds Farley, Barry Bluestone, Irene Browne, Sheldon Danziger, Gary P. Green, Harry Holzer, Maria Krysan, Michael Massagli, Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Joleen Kirschenman, Philip Moss, and Chris Tilly. Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, 1992-1994: [Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles]. ICPSR02535-v3. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02535.v3
2000-03-21 Logical record length versions of both datasets are now available, in addition to the SPSS portable files previously released. In addition, a STATA version of Part 1, Household Survey, is provided. Also, SAS and SPSS data definition statements for both datasets have been created.
1998-10-15 Part 1 data have been revised to correct rounding errors in integer variables, and Part 2 has been added to the collection.
1998-08-28 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Created online analysis version with question text.
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| DS2 Employer Telephone Survey Data File | 6 MB |
Hourly Wage (calculated using FERNUNIT, FERNMAIN, and FHRSWKMN; see appendix E) Dollars per hour
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# employers in past 5 years
How many employers (including yourself if you are self-employed) have you had in the last 5 years?
# emplyrs contacted last month
How many employers did you contact in (the last thirty days/the last month of your job search)? Note: Detroit asked this question only of those who had searched for work in the last 30 days.
# interviews last month
How many interviews did you have? (Not asked in Detroit)
# people with income
Including yourself, how many family members living with you had any income in [YEAR]? Note: For [YEAR], substitute 1992 for Atlanta, and 1992 or 1993 in Los Angeles and Boston, as appropriate.
# that can afford area 1
Would you please look at this map again so that I can ask a few more questions about these areas? How many [*GROUP*] families do you think can afford to live in AREA 1? Do you think that almost all [*GROUP*] families in the Los Angeles area can afford to live there, that many [*GROUP*] families can, that about half can, that a few can, or that just about no [*GROUP*] families can afford to live in AREA 1. Note: [GROUP] is based on G3 (Form X: Black, Form Y: Hispanic, Form Z: Asian). Each city has a different list of areas, corresponding to the numbers in the variable. For instance, 1 in Detroit is contained in G4A (GAFFDAR1). Detroit: 1 Southfield, 2 Warren, 3 Troy, 4 Dearborn, 5 Taylor. Atlanta: 1 Decatur, 2 Midtown, 3 Tri-Cities, 4 Marietta/Smyrna, 5 Roswell/Alpharetta, 6 Norcross. Los Angeles: 1 Palmdale, 2 Canoga Park, 3 Culver City, 4 Pico Rivera, 5 Alhambra, 6 Glendale, 7 Baldwin Hills. Boston: 1 Cambridge, 2 Newton, 3 South Boston, 4 Lowell, 5 Brockton.
# that can afford area 2
Would you please look at this map again so that I can ask a few more questions about these areas? How many [*GROUP*] families do you think can afford to live in AREA 2? Do you think that almost all [*GROUP*] families in the Los Angeles area can afford to live there, that many [*GROUP*] families can, that about half can, that a few can, or that just about no [*GROUP*] families can afford to live in AREA2. Note: [GROUP] is based on G3 (Form X: Black, Form Y: Hispanic, Form Z: Asian). Each city has a different list of areas, corresponding to the numbers in the variable. For instance, 1 in Detroit is contained in G4A (GAFFDAR1). Detroit: 1 Southfield, 2 Warren, 3 Troy, 4 Dearborn, 5 Taylor. Atlanta: 1 Decatur, 2 Midtown, 3 Tri-Cities, 4 Marietta/Smyrna, 5 Roswell/Alpharetta, 6 Norcross. Los Angeles: 1 Palmdale, 2 Canoga Park, 3 Culver City, 4 Pico Rivera, 5 Alhambra, 6 Glendale, 7 Baldwin Hills. Boston: 1 Cambridge, 2 Newton, 3 South Boston, 4 Lowell, 5 Brockton.
# that can afford area 3
Would you please look at this map again so that I can ask a few more questions about these areas? How many [*GROUP*] families do you think can afford to live in AREA 3? Do you think that almost all [*GROUP*] families in the Los Angeles area can afford to live there, that many [*GROUP*] families can, that about half can, that a few can, or that just about no [*GROUP*] families can afford to live in AREA 3. Note: [GROUP] is based on G3 (Form X: Black, Form Y: Hispanic, Form Z: Asian). Each city has a different list of areas, corresponding to the numbers in the variable. For instance, 1 in Detroit is contained in G4A (GAFFDAR1). Detroit: 1 Southfield, 2 Warren, 3 Troy, 4 Dearborn, 5 Taylor. Atlanta: 1 Decatur, 2 Midtown, 3 Tri-Cities, 4 Marietta/Smyrna, 5 Roswell/Alpharetta, 6 Norcross. Los Angeles: 1 Palmdale, 2 Canoga Park, 3 Culver City, 4 Pico Rivera, 5 Alhambra, 6 Glendale, 7 Baldwin Hills. Boston: 1 Cambridge, 2 Newton, 3 South Boston, 4 Lowell, 5 Brockton.
# that can afford area 4
Would you please look at this map again so that I can ask a few more questions about these areas? How many [*GROUP*] families do you think can afford to live in AREA 4? Do you think that almost all [*GROUP*] families in the Los Angeles area can afford to live there, that many [*GROUP*] families can, that about half can, that a few can, or that just about no [*GROUP*] families can afford to live in AREA 4. Note: [GROUP] is based on G3 (Form X: Black, Form Y: Hispanic, Form Z: Asian). Each city has a different list of areas, corresponding to the numbers in the variable. For instance, 1 in Detroit is contained in G4A (GAFFDAR1). Detroit: 1 Southfield, 2 Warren, 3 Troy, 4 Dearborn, 5 Taylor. Atlanta: 1 Decatur, 2 Midtown, 3 Tri-Cities, 4 Marietta/Smyrna, 5 Roswell/Alpharetta, 6 Norcross. Los Angeles: 1 Palmdale, 2 Canoga Park, 3 Culver City, 4 Pico Rivera, 5 Alhambra, 6 Glendale, 7 Baldwin Hills. Boston: 1 Cambridge, 2 Newton, 3 South Boston, 4 Lowell, 5 Brockton.
# that can afford area 5
Would you please look at this map again so that I can ask a few more questions about these areas? How many [*GROUP*] families do you think can afford to live in AREA 5? Do you think that almost all [*GROUP*] families in the Los Angeles area can afford to live there, that many [*GROUP*] families can, that about half can, that a few can, or that just about no [*GROUP*] families can afford to live in AREA 5. Note: [GROUP] is based on G3 (Form X: Black, Form Y: Hispanic, Form Z: Asian). Each city has a different list of areas, corresponding to the numbers in the variable. For instance, 1 in Detroit is contained in G4A (GAFFDAR1). Detroit: 1 Southfield, 2 Warren, 3 Troy, 4 Dearborn, 5 Taylor. Atlanta: 1 Decatur, 2 Midtown, 3 Tri-Cities, 4 Marietta/Smyrna, 5 Roswell/Alpharetta, 6 Norcross. Los Angeles: 1 Palmdale, 2 Canoga Park, 3 Culver City, 4 Pico Rivera, 5 Alhambra, 6 Glendale, 7 Baldwin Hills. Boston: 1 Cambridge, 2 Newton, 3 South Boston, 4 Lowell, 5 Brockton.
# that can afford area 6
Would you please look at this map again so that I can ask a few more questions about these areas? How many [*GROUP*] families do you think can afford to live in AREA 6? Do you think that almost all [*GROUP*] families in the Los Angeles area can afford to live there, that many [*GROUP*] families can, that about half can, that a few can, or that just about no [*GROUP*] families can afford to live in AREA 6. Note: [GROUP] is based on G3 (Form X: Black, Form Y: Hispanic, Form Z: Asian). Each city has a different list of areas, corresponding to the numbers in the variable. For instance, 1 in Detroit is contained in G4A (GAFFDAR1). Detroit: 1 Southfield, 2 Warren, 3 Troy, 4 Dearborn, 5 Taylor. Atlanta: 1 Decatur, 2 Midtown, 3 Tri-Cities, 4 Marietta/Smyrna, 5 Roswell/Alpharetta, 6 Norcross. Los Angeles: 1 Palmdale, 2 Canoga Park, 3 Culver City, 4 Pico Rivera, 5 Alhambra, 6 Glendale, 7 Baldwin Hills. Boston: 1 Cambridge, 2 Newton, 3 South Boston, 4 Lowell, 5 Brockton.
# that can afford area 7
Would you please look at this map again so that I can ask a few more questions about these areas? How many [*GROUP*] families do you think can afford to live in AREA 7? Do you think that almost all [*GROUP*] families in the Los Angeles area can afford to live there, that many [*GROUP*] families can, that about half can, that a few can, or that just about no [*GROUP*] families can afford to live in AREA 7. Note: [GROUP] is based on G3 (Form X: Black, Form Y: Hispanic, Form Z: Asian). Each city has a different list of areas, corresponding to the numbers in the variable. For instance, 1 in Detroit is contained in G4A (GAFFDAR1). Detroit: 1 Southfield, 2 Warren, 3 Troy, 4 Dearborn, 5 Taylor. Atlanta: 1 Decatur, 2 Midtown, 3 Tri-Cities, 4 Marietta/Smyrna, 5 Roswell/Alpharetta, 6 Norcross. Los Angeles: 1 Palmdale, 2 Canoga Park, 3 Culver City, 4 Pico Rivera, 5 Alhambra, 6 Glendale, 7 Baldwin Hills. Boston: 1 Cambridge, 2 Newton, 3 South Boston, 4 Lowell, 5 Brockton.
% s.wage rose last 5 years
KMT Holzer By what percent have starting wages risen on this job in the past 5 years?
% s.wage rose last year
KMT Holzer By what percent have starting wages risen on this job in the last year?
10th house member-age
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their -relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
10th house member-relationship
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
10th house member-sex
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
11th house member-age
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
11th house member-relationship
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
11th house member-sex
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
12th house member-age
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
12th house member-relationship
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
12th house member-sex
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
1st house member-age
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
1st house member-relationship
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
1st house member-sex
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
1st recruit methd now used less
KMT Holzer Which of the previous methods do you [now] use less often?
1st recruit methd now used more
KMT Holzer Which of the previous methods do you [now] use more often?
1st screen methd now used less
KMT Holzer I mentioned several screening methods which a company might use. These were personal interviews, tests, reference checks, educational record checks, and criminal record checks. Which, if any of these methods do you use less often? [Code first mention].
1st screen methd now used more
KMT Holzer Which of the above methods are used more often? [Code first mention].
2nd house member-age
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
2nd house member-relationship
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
2nd house member-sex
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
2nd recruit methd now used less
KMT Holzer Any others? [Code second mention]
2nd recruit methd now used more
KMT Holzer Any others? [Code second mention]
2nd screen methd now used less
KMT Holzer Any others? [Code second mention]. The category 'no more mentions' was combined with 'none of the above' for variables relating to second and third mentions. Missing values and don't knows that followed a response of 'none of the above' were also coded as 'none of the above.' The category 'skipped' was reserved for firms whose screening methods had not changed.
2nd screen methd now used more
KMT Holzer Any others? [Code second mention]. The category 'no more mentions' was combined with 'none of the above' for variables relating to second and third mentions. Missing values and don't knows that followed a response of 'none of the above' were also coded as 'none of the above.' The category 'skipped' was reserved for firms whose screening methods had not changed.
3rd house member-age
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
3rd house member-relationship
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
3rd house member-sex
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
3rd recruit methd now used less
KMT Holzer Any others? [Code third mention]
3rd recruit methd now used more
KMT Holzer Any others? [Code third mention]
3rd screen methd now used less
KMT Holzer Any other? [Code third mention]. See notes above.
3rd screen methd now used more
KMT Holzer Any other? [Code third mention]. See notes above.
4th house member-age
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
4th house member-relationship
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
4th house member-sex
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
5th house member-age
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
5th house member-relationship
To help us understand your living situation, I would like to make a list of persons who usually live here. Please include the adults as well as the children. Let's start with you, then continue with the other adults, then the children. It will help if we identify them by name, but that is not necessary. What I need to know is their sex, their age on their last birthday, and their relationship to you. Notes: 1) These variables do not appear in the original Detroit data set. They were created from available variables (see C6 to C12) and from data extracted from the original coversheets. 2) The text of this question differs for Atlanta. For Atlanta, person 1 could be any person in the household, whereas for the other cities, person 1 is always the respondent. 3) For the relationship to respondent variables, some categories were combined for LA and Boston.
Notes
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Instructional Resources
- Gender and Occupation: A Data-Driven Learning Guide - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research