Political participation and equality in seven nations, 1966-1971 [electronic resource].

Author
Verba, Sidney [Browse]
Format
Data file
Language
English
Εdition
ICPSR ed.
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2000.
Description
Extent of collection: 7 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

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    Restrictions note
    Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
    Summary note
    This data collection is composed of seven files: six individual country datasets (Austria, India, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, and Yugoslavia) and a comparative cross-national dataset. The study resulted from data collected for the collaborative project "Cross-National Program in Political and Social Change" in seven nations conducted primarily by Sidney Verba, Norman H. Nie, and Jae-On Kim. This survey was designed to deal comprehensively with one aspect of the larger study: to ascertain the ways citizens participate politically in local and national affairs and the processes that lead them to do so. Personal interviews were conducted from 1966 to 1971 in seven nations, including the United States. The United States dataset can be found separately in the collection, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN AMERICA, 1967 [ICPSR 7015], and is included in the Cross-National file (Part 7). Questions were asked to measure respondents' involvement in political organizations at both the local and national levels, participation in formal and informal community groups, the extent of individual contact with public officials, attitudes toward recent political and social changes, and interest in the political process. Demographic items specify age, sex, marital status, occupation, household composition, length of stay in community, size of community, education, home ownership, family income, political party identification, religion, race, union membership, position in union, and reason for joining union.
    Notes
    • Codebook available in print and electronic format.
    • Title from title screen (viewed on April 12, 2006).
    Type of data
    Extent of collection: 7 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.
    Time and place of event
    • Date(s) of collection: 1966-1971.
    • Time period: 1966-1971.
    Geographic coverage
    Geographic coverage: Austria, India, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Yugoslavia, United States.
    Funding information
    Funding agency: National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation.
    System details
    • Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    • Data format: Logical Record Length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements.
    • Extent of processing: DDEF.ICPSR/ FREQ.PR/ MDATA.ICPSR/ REFORM.DOC.
    Methodology note
    • Data source: personal interviews.
    • Sample: sampling procedures varied by nation. In general, a national representative sample of a cross-section of the citizens in each nation was generated. Also generated was a set of mini-community samples for 60-100 communities, a sample of elites for each of these communities, and numerous types of information on the demography and structure of each of the communities. In Austria, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States, the cross-section samples are representative of the entire nation. In the other three nations, India, Yugoslavia, and Nigeria, the samples pertain to specified sub-national regions. In all nations, except the U.S., the cross-section samples are multi-staged area probability samples to the level of the individual. The U.S. sample is a multi-staged area probability sample to the block level, with block quota techniques employed for the final selection of respondents.
    Contents
    • pt. 1. Austria cross-sectional survey
    • pt. 2. India cross-sectional survey
    • pt. 3. Japan cross-sectional survey
    • pt. 4. Netherlands cross-sectional survey
    • pt. 5. Nigeria cross-sectional survey
    • pt. 6. Yugoslavia cross-sectional survey
    • pt. 7. Seven-nation comparative file.
    Cite as
    Verba, Sidney, Norman H. Nie, and Jae-On Kim. POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND EQUALITY IN SEVEN NATIONS, 1966-1971 [Computer file]. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2000.
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    1340460677
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