Northern California community study, 1977 [electronic resource].

Author
Fischer, Claude S., 1948- [Browse]
Format
Data file
Language
English
Εdition
ICPSR version.
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002.
Description
Extent of collection: 3 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SPSS data definition statements.

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    Summary note
    The Northern California Community Study investigated the effects of urbanism on social networks and social attitudes. To do so, the study explored the relationship between characteristics and perceptions of neighborhoods, and the acquaintance patterns, social activities, and psychological attitudes of residents of particular neighborhoods in the San Francisco area in 1977. The study focused on the nonminority population. Part 1 (Respondent File) includes information obtained in personal interviews with 1,050 persons living in 50 communities in northern California. Included in this file are two general categories of variables--those describing the respondents' experiences in their neighborhoods and locales, and those recording the respondents' psychological states and feelings of well-being. Part 2 (Name File) contains information about 19,417 persons identified by the survey respondents in Part 1 as being part of their (respondents') social networks. Variables include whether the named individuals lived in the respondents' neighborhoods, and the types of relationships, interactions, and things in common that the respondents had with the individuals they named. Part 3 (Community File) contains a data record prepared for each tract of the sampling frame. The data in the file are summary counts for each tract's total population, total household population, total housing units, and selected demographic information, such as the percentage of Black population, percent residing in group quarters, and mean family income. The file also contains opinions gathered from the survey respondents about each community, e.g., ratings of local services, fear of crime, and the effect of the water shortage.
    Notes
    • Codebook available in print and electronic format.
    • Title from title screen (viewed on February 17, 2006).
    Type of data
    Extent of collection: 3 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SPSS data definition statements.
    Time and place of event
    • Date(s) of collection: August 1977-February 1978.
    • Time period: 1977-1978.
    Geographic coverage
    Geographic coverage: California, San Francisco, United States.
    Funding information
    • Funding agency: National Institutes of Mental Health. Center for Studies of Metropolitan Problems.
    • Grant number: 1-RO1-MH26802-1.
    System details
    • Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    • Data format: Logical Record Length and card image, with SPSS data definition statements.
    • Extent of processing: SCAN/ REFORM.DOC.
    Methodology note
    • Data source: personal interviews and fourth count summary tapes of the 1970 United States census.
    • Sample: disproportionately stratified, multi-stage cluster sampling.
    • Universe: household residents, aged 18 and older, living in urban areas of a circular quadrant of northern California extending approximately 200 miles east and north of San Francisco. Persons residing on military bases or in predominantly minority communities or meeting other specified criteria were not included.
    Cite as
    Fischer, Claude S. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY STUDY, 1977 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. 2nd release. Berkeley, CA: Claude S. Fischer, University of California, Berkeley [producer], 1979. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002.
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    177323568
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