Detroit Area Study, 1990: Community Issues (ICPSR 2881)

Version Date: Jul 11, 2002

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Principal Investigator(s):
Paul Mohai

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02881.v1

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Summary

This survey focused on issues and problems facing residents of Detroit and the surrounding metropolitan area in 1990, including environmental concerns, problems with law enforcement and drugs, crime, education, housing, jobs, cost of living, welfare, taxes and government services, government administration, moral values, and other concerns. Respondents were asked about the importance they placed on each issue and the perceived priority the government gave to each issue. Environmental issues were further examined with respect to specific environmental concerns, such as pollution, exposure to hazardous waste, loss or harm to wildlife and/or their habitats, and the depletion and conservation of natural resources. Respondents' degree of political and community involvement was gauged through questions regarding their voting behavior, their work for or involvement with a political party or community organization, and the type of community organizations to which they belonged. Racial attitudes were also probed, with questions on the economic position of African Americans, political and economic equality, and attitudes toward African-American subgroups (young, older, middle class). Demographic information includes respondents' gender, age, marital status, race, ethnicity, area of residence, type of residence, duration of residence, and whether the residence was owned by the respondent or rented.

Citation

Mohai, Paul. Detroit Area Study, 1990:  Community Issues. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002-07-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02881.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

To preserve respondent anonymity, certain identifying variables are restricted from general dissemination. This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1990

Date of Collection

1990-04 -- 1990-09
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Sample

One respondent was selected at random from all eligible persons within each household.

Universe

Adults aged 18 and over residing in households located in the Michigan tri-county area of Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne counties.

Data Source

personal interviews

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Original Release Date

2002-07-11

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Mohai, Paul. Detroit Area Study, 1990: Community Issues. ICPSR02881-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02881.v1

2002-07-11 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created online analysis version with question text.
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