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Anti-Semitism in the United States, 1964 (ICPSR 7310)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
This nationwide study investigated respondents' opinions on
current affairs at both the national and international levels. Issues
such as morality in the United States, approval of the United Nations,
and the positon of the United States in world affairs were explored,
as well as attitudes toward the Constitution and individual
rights. Respondents were asked about their feelings toward minority
groups such as the John Birch Society, communists, and Blacks, with
special emphasis on the Jewish minority. Respondents' beliefs about
Jews as a group, their contacts with Jews, and their feelings about
political and social rights of Jews in the United States were
probed. Past treatment of the Jewish people was also explored, and the
respondents were asked to compare Jews with other groups in the United
States on the basis of ambition, wealth, intelligence, and power. A
number of variables assessed the respondents' leisure activities,
their religious beliefs and education, and their outlooks on
life. Derived measures include indexes such as anti-Semitic beliefs,
Index of Jewish contacts, Fascism Scale, Despair Scale, Tolerance of
Cultural Diversity Index, Enlightenment Values Scale, Anomie Scale,
Political Anxiety Scale, Self-Image Scale, Libertarian Index, and
Monism Scale. Demographic data include sex, race, age, education,
income, religion, home ownership, marital status, and number of
children. The study was received from the International Data Library
and Reference Service, Survey Research Center, University of
California at Berkeley.
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National Asian American Survey (NAAS), [United States], 2008 (ICPSR 31481)
Released/updated on: 2012-07-19
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2008-08-01--2008-10-01
The 2008 National Asian American Survey (NAAS) contains 5,159 completed telephone interviews of self-identified Asian/Asian American residents of the United States. Interviewing began on August 12, 2008, and ended on October 29, 2008. The survey instrument included questions about political behavior and attitudes as well as personal experiences in immigration to the United States. Topics include attitudes toward government, politics and political issues, extent of political involvement, party affiliation, sources of political information, voting behavior, health and financial status, racial and ethnic identification, linked fate and discrimination, and religious and ethnic social networks. The overall length of the interview was approximately 29 minutes. The NAAS includes adults in the United States who identify any family background from countries in Asia, exclusive of countries classified as the Middle East. Survey interviews were conducted in eight languages (English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Japanese, and Hindi) -- chosen according to the interviewee's preference -- and yielded sample sizes of at least 500 adult Asian American residents in the six largest national-origin groups. The final breakdown was 1,350 Chinese, 1,150 Asian Indian, 719 Vietnamese, 614 Korean, 603 Filipino, and 541 Japanese origin respondents, with 182 additional respondents who are either from other countries in Asia, or who identify as multi-racial or multi-ethnic. Overall, 40 percent of the sample chose English as their preferred language for the interview. The sample is weighted, using a raking procedure, to reflect the balance of gender, nativity, citizenship status, and educational attainment of the six largest national-origin groups in the United States, as well as the proportion of these national-origin groups within each state. Demographic information includes age, race, language, gender, country of birth, religion, marital status, educational level, employment status, citizenship status, household income, and size of household.