Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, 1992-1994 : [Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles] / Lawrence Bobo, James Johnson, Melvin Oliver, Reynolds Farley, Barry Bluestone, Irene Browne, Sheldon Danziger, Gary Green, Harry Holzer, Maria Krysan, Michael Massagli, Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Joleen Kirschenman, Philip Moss, Chris Tilly.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Bobo, Lawrence.

Johnson, James.

Oliver, Melvin.

Farley, Reynolds, 1938-

Bluestone, Barry.

Browne, Irene.

Danziger, Sheldon.

Green, Gary.

Holzer, Harry.

Krysan, Maria.

Massagli, Michael.

Charles, Camille Zubrinsky, 1965-

Kirschenman, Joleen.

Moss, Philip.

Tilly, Chris

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 2535.

ICPSR ; 2535

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Third ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality was designed to broaden the understanding of how changing labor market dynamics, racial attitudes and stereotypes, and racial residential segregation act singly and in concert to foster contemporary urban inequality. This data collection comprises data for two surveys: a survey of households and a survey of employers. Multistage area probability sampling of adult residents took place in four metropolitan areas: Atlanta (April 1992-September 1992), Boston (May 1993-November 1994), Detroit (April-September 1992), and Los Angeles (September 1993-August 1994). The combined four-city data file in Part 1 contains data on survey questions that were asked in households in at least two of the four survey cities. Questions on labor market dynamics included industry, hours worked per week, length of time on job, earnings before taxes, size of employer, benefits provided, instances of harassment and discrimination, and searching for work within particular areas of the metropolis in which the respondent resided. Questions covering racial attitudes and attitudes about inequality centered on the attitudes and beliefs that whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians hold about one another, including amount of discrimination, perceptions about wealth and intelligence, ability to be self-supporting, ability to speak English, involvement with drugs and gangs, the fairness of job training and educational assistance policies, and the fairness of hiring and promotion preferences. Residential segregation issues were studied through measures of neighborhood quality and satisfaction, and preferences regarding the racial/ethnic mix of neighborhoods. Other topics included residence and housing, neighborhood characteristics, family income structure, networks and social functioning, and interviewer observations. Demographic information on household respondents was... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02535

Contents:

Part 1: Household Survey Data File; Part 2: Employer Telephone Survey Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

Start: 1992; and end: 1994.

OCLC:

61147368

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.