Party elites in the United States, 1974
Subtitle: Democratic mid-term conference delegates and Sanford Commission Members
By: principal investigators, John S. Jackson, III, Robert A. Hitlin
Series: ICPSR -- 8206; ICPSR (Series) -- 8206
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Format: computer file :
Subjects: Political parties; Political leadership; Elite (Social sciences); Political participation; Democratic Party (U.S.)
Other titles: Democratic mid-term conference delegates and Sanford Commission members
Description: This dataset was designed to provide information on the personal and political backgrounds, political attitudes, and relevant behavior of party leaders. The data pertain to party elites holding office during the time period of the study. Specific variables include characterization of respondent's political beliefs on the liberal-conservative scale, length of time the respondent had been active in the party, and the respondent's opinions on minorities in the party, party unity, national and local level party strength, and party loyalty. In addition, data are provided on the respondent's opinions on certain provisions of the party's Charter. Demographic characteristics are supplied as well.
Notes: Accompanied by study description file and JCL file.

ICPSR data class: Class III.

Description based on: documentation, 1st ICPSR ed., dated 1987.

Data collected: 1974.

United States.

System requirements: a computer capable of reading 9-track tapes.

76 variables.