Development and measurement of social indicators, 1972-1973
By: principal investigators, Frank M. Andrews and Stephen B. Withey
Series: ICPSR -- 3636; ICPSR (Series) -- 3636
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Social indicators; Public opinion; Social conditions
Description: This study is an investigation of how different groups of American adults perceive their quality of life. It is also a search for valid ways of measuring these perceptions. Respondents were asked how they felt about a great many aspects of life as well as about their life as a whole. The concerns probed ranged from the very personal to national matters and include both life domains (such as family, house, and job) and evaluative criteria (such as accomplishment, attractiveness, and independence). Personal data reported include age, sex, race, marital status, education, income, and occupation.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class I.

Chronological coverage: 1972-1973.

Data collected: May 1972, November 1972, April 1973, July 1973.

May data: Omnibus Study. November data: Center for Political Studies' American National Election Study, 1972. April data: Omnibus Study, Spring 1973. July data: Toledo Study.

United States.

May data: 1,297 respondents, 172 variables, 3 cards of data per respondent.

November Form I data: 1,115 respondents, 253 variables, 8 cards of data per respondent.

November Form II data: 1,072 respondents, 253 variables, 5 cards of data per respondent.

April data: 1,433 respondents, 245 variables, 5 cards of data per respondent.

July data: 222 respondents, 734 variables, approximately 13 cards of data per respondent.

The data were collected using four separate national-level surveys (combined N=4,920) and one local-level survey (N=222). Different overlapping subsets of the items were administerred in each survey.

Andrews, Frank M., and Rick Crandall. ''Validity of Measures of Self-Reported Well-Being'' Social Indicators Research, 3, 1976, pp. 1-19.

Andrews, Frank M., and Ronald F. Inglehart. ''Structure of Subjective Well-Being in Nine Western Societies'' Social Indicators Research, 1978.

Andrews, Frank M., and Stephen B. Withey. Social Indicators of Well-Being: Americans' Perceptions of Life Quality. New York: Plenum, 1976.