State legislative committee systems in the United States, 1981
By: principal investigator, Wayne L. Francis
Series: ICPSR -- 8389; ICPSR (Series) -- 8389
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Legislators; Attitudes; Legislative bodies; States; Committees
Description: This collection focuses on the committee systems in the separate state legislatures in the United States. The data were collected by mail questionnaire sent to a national sample of state legislators at the close of the 1981 legislative sessions. Included are responses to questions about the management, operation, and efficiency of legislative committee systems as well as problems perceived in the committee system. State legislators were asked to evaluate the performance and centrality of the committees they served on and their legislative chamber as a whole.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class III.

Data collected: 1981.

United States.

2,028 respondents; approximately 107 variables. The data are stored as 80-character records with two records for each respondent.

Francis, Wayne L., and James Riddlesperger. ''U.S. State Legislative Committees: Structure, Procedural Efficiency and Party Control,'' Legislative Studies Quarterly, Vol 7 (1982) pp.453-471.