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Detroit Area Study, 1962: Family Growth in Detroit (ICPSR 7401)
Released/updated on: 2011-06-16
Geographic coverage: Detroit, United States, Michigan
The main focus of this data collection was women's attitudes toward family and family size. The women interviewed for this study answered questions on past pregnancies and described their attitudes toward large and small families, their reasons for having children, and the nature of their own patterns of family growth. Extensive family background information was also collected, including data on occupation of respondent and husband, age of respondent and husband, education of respondent and husband and their parents, family income, types of savings, and housing information.
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Detroit Area Study 1978: A Study of the Family (ICPSR 8190)
Released/updated on: 2010-10-25
Geographic coverage: Detroit, United States, Michigan
The Detroit Area Study is an ongoing series of surveys conducted by the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan. These surveys serve two purposes: to provide useful survey information about various population characteristics and social issues selected as topics by principal investigators, and to provide actual survey research experience for graduate students. In the 1978 survey, 650 Detroit-area women were personally interviewed about their families. Items included questions on sex-role attitudes, ideal family size, and patterns of decision-making. Extensive occupational and fertility histories were also collected.