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Detroit Area Study, 1993: Health and Aging (ICPSR 2839)

Released/updated on: 2001-03-26

Geographic coverage: Detroit, United States, Michigan

The 1993 Detroit Area Study explored a variety of issues related to health, the effects of aging, living conditions, and participation in civic life in the Michigan tri-county area of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. A battery of questions probed respondents' perceptions of their health and mental state and those of their spouse, their ability to perform certain physical and mental activities, and the effect of their emotional state on their appetite and sleeping patterns. Other explored their feelings about neighborhood safety, means of transportation, relationships, accommodation, the portrayal of older people on television programs, and the treatment of older people by employers. The survey also sought respondents' opinions about government, their personal financial situation and problems, money management, savings and investments, and their life as a whole. Additional items questioned respondents about the frequency of their visits to the doctor, overnight hospitalization, chronic health conditions, smoking and drinking habits, and medical coverage, as well as electoral participation, political party preference, ideological leanings, class self-identification, assistance received from community organizations, family, and friends, personal regrets, and time spent watching television and engaging in pleasurable activities. Other questions gauged respondents' memory, vision, and motor skills. Respondents also provided demographic information on sex, age, marital status, race, ethnicity, religion, and education.

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Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Spring 1974 (ICPSR 7523)

Released/updated on: 2006-05-04

Geographic coverage: United States

This survey was undertaken to assess consumer sentiment and buying plans. Open-ended questions were asked concerning evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, recession, price changes, and the national business situation. Additional questions probed respondents' buying intentions for a house, automobiles, appliances, and other consumer durables, and the respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing a house. Other items elicited information on respondents' degree of satisfaction with the amount of money in their savings accounts, their assessments of their financial status relative to the previous year and to that of their parents at a comparable age, their views of government and government officials, government's role in improving the quality of life, future energy supply, and their feelings about their lives, satisfaction with life in the United States, and their income and jobs. Data were also collected on respondents' knowledge of current affairs, as well as their opinions of the relative merits of small cars and standard full-size cars and foreign and American cars, penalties for marijuana use, treatment by public officials, freedom to make public speeches against democracy, communism in the United States, the United States government's help to the South Vietnamese government, government support for the rights of Black people, racial desegregation, Black empowerment, causes of crime and lawlessness, monetary drive of lawyers and doctors, the state of the public good, and unionization of workers. Respondents also provided information on their car ownership and plans to buy a new one, political party identification, self-identified ideological position, political party candidate preference, the state of health of respondents' parents and the health care and physical assistance provided. Demographic variables describe respondents' age, sex, race, marital status, education, occupation, religion, employment status, and family income.