Mexican Origin People in the United States: the 1979 Chicano Survey (ICPSR 8436)

Version Date: Nov 4, 2005

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Principal Investigator(s):
Carlos H. Arce

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08436.v1

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Summary

The 1979 Chicano Survey, conducted by the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, was a household survey of persons of Mexican descent living in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of the survey was to compile a statistically representative and comprehensive body of empirical information about the social, economic, and psychological status of Chicanos. Interviews were conducted in Spanish or English, depending upon the respondent's preference. Major topics covered were mental and physical health and use of health services, family background and composition, customary practices and values, language use and attitudes, employment history, social identity, group consciousness, and political opinions and participation.

Citation

Arce, Carlos H. Mexican Origin People in the United States: the 1979 Chicano Survey. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-11-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08436.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health, Center for Minority Group Mental Health Programs, Ford Foundation

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Date of Collection

1979-02 -- 1979-09
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Sample

Of over 11,000 people screened, 1,400 met the Mexican ancestry criterion. Of this total, 991 interviews were collected.

Universe

All heads of households or spouses of heads of households of Mexican descent, residing in housing units in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois.

Data Source

personal interviews with bilingual questionnaire

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Original Release Date

1985-10-09

Version History

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:

  • Arce, Carlos H. Mexican Origin People in the United States: the 1979 Chicano Survey. ICPSR08436-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08436.v1

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions.

1997-11-04 The codebook, data map, and data collection instrument have been converted to PDF files, and minor corrections were made to the SPSS data definition statements.

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