ICPSR - 7320 - Detroit Area Study, 1956: Orientation on Moral Issues in a Metropolis and The Meaning of Work

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Detroit Area Study, 1956: Orientation on Moral Issues in a Metropolis and The Meaning of Work
(Principal Investigator, Angell, Robert, Robert Kahn, and Robert Weiss )

Summary

This study sampled a cross-section of adults from the Detroit metropolitan area. Interviews were conducted in the spring of 1956. One emphasis of the 1956 DAS was on the examination of attitudes toward and motivations for working. The study tried to ascertain the importance work had in the respondent's life, the things in the job that made him/her feel important, and the things wanted from the job that it didn't provide. A number of questions related to women working were asked. For example, the respondent was asked for perceptions of how a husband was affected by a working wife, and if there were kinds of jobs women should not have. The second emphasis of the 1956 DAS was on the orientation toward many social and political issues. The respondent was asked for views about the USSR preparing to attack a western European country, a parent not allowing a child to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school, proposed integration of white schools, and a Communist revolution in a Latin American country. Other subjects were also explored by the 1956 DAS. The respondent's opinion of the Detroit newspaper strike was probed, as was the respondent's satisfaction with the neighborhood. Telephone service and use were also ascertained. Demographic information collected included sex, race, age, education, place of birth, length of residence in the Detroit area, home ownership, length of time at present residence, marital status, number of children, original nationality of husband's and wife's family, political affiliation, amount and sources of income, occupation, and religious affiliation. There are 797 respondents, 7 decks of data per respondent, and 295 variables.

Citation

Angell, Robert, Robert Kahn, and Robert Weiss. DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1956: ORIENTATION ON MORAL ISSUES IN A METROPOLIS AND THE MEANING OF WORK [Computer file]. Conducted by University of Michigan, Dept. of Sociology. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1974.

Codebook

The codebook for this study is located on the 5th floor of the Main Library with the call number of HN80.D6D48 1956. There is not an electronic version of this codebook.

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