Detroit area study, 1958
Subtitle: the religious factor
By: principal investigator, Gerhard Lenski
Series: ICPSR -- 7279; ICPSR (Series) -- 7279
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Socal Research [distributor
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Religion; Social conditions
Description: The data were collected during the first quarter of 1958 from a probability sample of 656 respondents from the Detroit area. Besides the usual personal and demographic variables, the interview attempted to gather data on economic and political behavior, kinship institutions, the commitment of individuals to socio-religious groups. Specifically, questions tapped such areas as inter-group images, individual patterns, class and ethnic distinctions, family and child-rearing patterns, attitudes toward work, unions, spending and saving, welfare legislation, civil liberties, foreign affairs, minority group rights, legislation on moral issues, religious background, doctrinal orthodoxy, devotionalism, the role of religious leaders in politics, and the effect of religion on politics as well as daily life.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class II.

Data collected: first quarter of 1958.

Detroit, Michigan.

Amp and dash codes are used.

656 respondents, 9 cards of data per respondent; approximately 360 variables.

Lenski, Gerhard. The Religious Factor: A Sociological Study of Religion's Impact on Politics, Economics, and Family Life. New York: Doubleday and Co., 1963. (Revised edition in paperback, Anchor Books, 1963).