ICPSR - 7285 - Detroit Area Study, 1961: Work Group Influence and Political Participation

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Detroit Area Study, 1961: Work Group Influence and Political Participation
(Principal Investigator, Miller, Warren, and Donald Stokes. )

Summary

As part of the 1960-1961 Detroit Area Study, 419 workers were interviewed in the winter of 1961. The workers were members of the United Auto Workers union. Respondents were asked how long they had worked on their job, what their job duties were, and whether they were satisfied with their job. Another set of questions covered their length of union membership, their union activity, their conceptions of what the role of their union should be and their satisfaction with the job their union was doing. Political questions covered the good and bad points of political parties, the Kennedy-Nixon debates, the political issues facing the nation, party identification, past and present vote in state and national elections, and political participation. The social structure of the work group was probed and the respondent was questioned about the importance of politics in work group relationships. Demographic variables included class, age, organizational membership, religion, education, occupation, income, and race.

Citation

Miller, Warren, and Donald Stokes. DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1961: WORK GROUP INFLUENCE AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION [Computer file]. Conducted by University of Michigan, Dept. of Sociology. 2nd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1977.

Codebook

The codebook for this study is located on the 5th floor of the Main Library with the call number of HN80 .D6D48 1961.

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