Research Catalog

Title

Eight city study of child political socialization, 1961-1962 / principal investigators, David Easton and Robert Hess.

Author

Easton, David, 1917-2014.

Publication

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1975.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hess, Robert D.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Summary

This study sought to measure children's early receptiveness to political concepts. A structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of white urban public school children in grades 2 through 8 from eight American cities: Boston, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine, Chicago, Illinois, Sioux City, Iowa, Atlanta, Georgia, Jackson, Mississippi, San Francisco, California, and Tacoma, Washington. Information was collected on attitudes toward real people and roles, opinions concerning the origin, relevance, and supremacy of laws, and cognizance of current affairs and issues. All grades were given the same physical questionnaire, but only grades 4 through 8 completed it in its entirety. Grades 2 and 3 stopped after they had reached their respective limits.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 7297

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 7297.

Subject

• Children > United States > Attitudes
• Political science > United States > Public opinion
• Political socialization > United States
• Public opinion > United States
• Children > Attitudes
• Political science > Public opinion
• Political socialization
• Public opinion
• children
• cultural perceptions
• elementary school students
• middle class
• opinions
• political attitudes
• political awareness
• political knowledge
• political socialization
• public figures
• public schools
• social attitudes
• social roles
• socialization
• urban population
• White Americans
• working class
• United States

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on January 26, 2006).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (text) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: 1961-1962.
• Time period: 1961-1962.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: Atlanta, Boston, California, Chicago, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Jackson, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Portland (Maine), San Fransisco, Sioux City, Tacoma, United States, Washington.

Cite As (note)

• Easton, David, and Robert Hess. EIGHT CITY STUDY OF CHILD POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION, 1961-1962 [Computer file]. Conducted by David Easton and Robert Hess, University of Chicago. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1975.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: logical record length with SAS and SPSS data definition statements.
• Extent of processing: UNDOCCHK. ICPSR/ MDATA. ICPSR/ FREQ. ICPSR/ CDBK. ICPSR/ SCAN/ DDEF. ICPSR.

OCLC

• ocn175313026
• 175313026
• SCSB-1902177

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library