ICPSR - 7901 - Detroit Area Study, 1974: A Study of Women's Labor Force Participation

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Detroit Area Study, 1974: A Study of Women's Labor Force Participation
(Principal Investigator, Mason. Karen, and William Mason. )

Summary

The 1974 Detroit Area Study was conducted to gather information on the participation of women in the labor force. The survey traces the job histories of 438 women for up to 14 previous jobs or occupations, measuring the nature of the work, duration of the job, and public or private employment status. The study also includes data on family members. There are 734 variables. Data are available in card image or as an OSIRIS dataset with a logical record length of 1,698. There are 438 records in the dataset.

Citation

Mason, Karen, and William Mason. DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1974: A STUDY OF WOMEN'S LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION [Computer file]. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Dept. of Sociology [producer], 1974. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1982.

Codebook

The codebook for this study is located on the 5th floor of the Main Library with the call number of HN80 .D6D48 1974. There is an electronic version in text format which can be downloaded.

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Filename (Size in KB)	LRECL Logical RECord Length	Dataset Details
da7901 (957K)	80	Data file for study 7901
odata.s7901 (747K)	1705	Data file for study 7901

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