Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), Including Arts and Cultural Variables (ICPSR 37234)

Principal Investigator(s):
University of Michigan. Survey Research Center

This is an external resource to which ICPSR links as a courtesy. These data are not available from ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), Including Arts and Cultural Variables) directly for details on obtaining these resources.

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PSID

Summary

The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is the longest running longitudinal household survey in the world. The study began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and their descendants has been collected continuously, including data covering employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics. The PSID is directed by faculty at the University of Michigan, and the data are available on this website without cost to researchers and analysts.

Data users interested in exploring PSID data on arts and culture can begin their search for related variables on the Variable Search page. Variables related to arts and culture can be found in several PSID supplements, including Main Family Data File, Time Diary Activity File, Transition into Adulthood File, Primary Caregiver Child File, and Other Caregiver Child File. Respondents were asked about their donations to arts or cultural organizations, participation in arts and leisure activities, and types of art activities.

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Data Collection Notes

  1. Before downloading data for the first time, users must register by completing a short registration form which includes choosing a username and password that allows them to access the public use data archive.

  2. It is recommended that the PSID Data Center be used to extract public use data. It allows users to create customized data carts and extract data sets that are automatically merged across waves and files by the Data Center.

  3. The PSID distributes complete PSID waves as well a PSID Supplemental Studies files as ZIP files. These files include the data, data definition statements, codebooks, and questionnaires. Users who download multiple files need to merge the data manually.

  4. Restricted Data The PSID allows access to restricted-use data through a contract with the University of Michigan. The list of available datasets and the process of obtaining them are described on the Restricted Use Data page.
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