DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38169
title: Boundaries in the American Mosaic Survey, [United States], 2014
title: Archival Version

description: The American Mosaic Project (AMP) is a research initiative housed at the University of Minnesota aiming to contribute to an understanding of what brings Americans together, what divides Americans, and the implications of American diversity for political and civic life. With support from the National Science Foundation, the AMP designed the Boundaries in the American Mosaic Survey (BAM), focusing on Americans' attitudes towards racial and religious diversity. This survey was fielded to a nationally representative sample in the early spring of 2014.
description: The purpose of this study to further understanding of what brings Americans together, what divides Americans, and the implications of diversity for American political and civic life.
description: The Boundaries in the American Mosaic Survey (BAM) is a nationally representative, online probability-based survey contracted through Growth from Knowledge (GfK) with funding from the National Science Foundation. The BAM survey was drafted during the summer of 2013 and fielded during a two-week period in early 2014. Participants were selected from GfK's nationally-representative panel sampling frame, which uses probability-based random address sampling from U.S. postal service records to recruit respondents in English and Spanish-speaking households through direct mail, telephone follow-up, and online registration. GfK provides laptop computers for respondent households lacking internet access to respond to surveys.
description: Variables include many survey questions regarding participants' opinions on public policy, local safety, their perceptions of other racial, ethnic, and social groups, as well as demographic variables such as race, education, gender, income, employment status, children, and state of residence.
description: This study includes two weight variables: <b>WEIGHT1</b>: Weight for 18+ U.S. general population benchmarks from the Census Bureau's 2010 Current Population Survey (CPS). <b>WEIGHT2</b>: Scaled WEIGHT1 to preserve the oversample sizes for African Americans and Hispanics.
description: Response Rates: Of the 4,353 people that were contacted, 2,521 completed the survey for a completion rate of 57.9 percent.
description: Participants were drawn from the Growth from Knowledge (GfK) Group's KnowledgePanel, a probability-based online panel consisting of approximately 50,000 non-institutionalized adult members of English- and Spanish-speaking households recruited using a combination of probability-based random address sampling and random digit dialing. GfK provides computers for respondent households that lack internet access. The nationally representative Boundaries in the American Mosaic Survey (BAM) sample (N=2,521) was drawn from panel members using a probability proportional to size (PPS) weighted sampling approach. BAM respondents included oversamples of 400 African American and 400 Hispanic respondents. Sample weights developed according to 2010 Current Population Survey benchmarks were used to adjust for these oversamples. KnowledgePanel members received an email link from GfK to participate in the approximately 30-minute BAM web survey, followed by email and phone reminders after three days of non-response.
description: Datasets: DS1: Boundaries in the American Mosaic Survey, [United States], 2014
description: Non-institutionalized adults in the United States. Smallest Geographic Unit: State
description: computer-assisted self interview (CASI)