Detroit Area Study, 1961 : Work Group Influence and Political Participation

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Detroit Area Study, 1961 : Work Group Influence and Political Participation

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Work Group Influence and Political Participation

Statement of responsibility

Warren Miller, Donald Stokes

Contributor

• Miller, Warren
• Stokes, Donald E
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Subject

• Labor unions
• Statistics
• Social structure
• Job satisfaction
• Union memberships
• Voter history
• Political attitudes
• Work environment
• United Auto Workers
• Automobile industry workers -- Labor unions -- United States -- Public opinion
• Auto workers
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961 -- Public opinion
• National politics
• Cities
• Political participation
• Automobile industry
• Automobile industry workers -- Michigan | Detroit -- Attitudes
• Political affiliation
• Labor (work)
• Public opinion -- Michigan | Detroit

Genre

• Statistics

Language

eng

Summary

This study presents data collected as part of the 1960-1961 Detroit Area Study from 419 workers who were members of the United Auto Workers union. Respondents were asked how long they had worked on their jobs, what their job duties were, and whether they were satisfied with their jobs. Another set of questions covered length of union membership, union activity, their conceptions of what the role of their union should be, and their satisfaction with the job their union was doing. Political questions covered the good and bad points of political parties, the Kennedy-Nixon debates, the political issues facing the nation, party identification, past and present vote in state and national elections, and political participation. The social structure of the work group was probed, and respondents were questioned about the importance of politics in work group relationships. Demographic variables included social class, age, organizational membership, religion, education, occupation, income, and race.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07285

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• ICPSR (Series), 7285

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Also available as downloadable files.

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MiAaI

Characteristic

combination

Geographic coverage

Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Series statement

• ICPSR
• Detroit Area Studies Series

Series volume

• 7285
• 7285

Target audience

specialized