Emory Dataverse
Not a member yet
6274 research outputs found
Sort by
Harris 1968 Salem County, New Jersey Survey, study no. 1836
No full textThis survey (among residents and businessmen) focuses on the advantages and disadvantage of living and working in Salem County, New Jersey including questions on local, state, and regional newspapers</p
Peasant organization in LaLaguna, Mexico
No full textA comparison between credit sources (public and private) within three different political orientations is the focus of this study. Leaders and followers were studied.Variables include detailed personal identification, crops, organization of credit groups, and ejido participation.</p
Growth of American families (GAF), 1960
No full textThe 1960 Growth of American Families(GAF) Study was conceived as a follow-up and extension of the first GAF Study."The 1960 GAF Study provided, for the first time, an opportunity to evaluate the validity of women's fertility expectations; to determine whether the total number of children expected by such women changed significantly between 1955 and 1960; and to begin the analysis of time trends in the proportions using contraception, the level of family size desired, and the patterns o
f group differences in fertility. One important difference in the 1960 Study was the inclusion of nonwhite women in the sample, which provides the opportunity to estimate parameters for the total population. Factual information included: age; education; income; occupation; employment history; residence history; marriage history; religious preference and attendance; parent's occupation, religion, and nationality."
</p
Growth of American families (GAF), 1955
No full textThe 1955 Growth of American Families study was the first attempt to obtain a wide range of demographic and social data on a national scale for the purpose of plotting the future course of fertility.In March 1955, personal interviews were conducted among 2,713 women, and the data collected provided the first estimate for the population of the United States of the incidence of sterility, the proportion of couples using contraception, the number of children wanted and expected, and many o
ther parameters of demographic interest. Factual information gathered included age, education, income from occupation, residence history, marriage history, periods of separation from spouse, religious preference and attendance, and parents' occupation and nationality.
</p