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Chicago Longitudinal Study, 1986-1989 by Reynolds, Arthur Abstract: The Chicago Longitudinal Study investigates the educational and social development of a same-age cohort of 1,539 low-income, minority children (93 percent African American) who grew up in high-poverty ...	hdl:1902.2/25921 0 downloads Updated: Nov 4, 2009
Affect, Reason, and Decision Making by Slovic, Paul; Finucane, Melissa; Alhakami, Ali Abstract: This study examines the commonly observed inverse relationship between perceived risk and perceived benefit. The researchers proposed that this relationship occurs because people rely on affect when ...	hdl:1902.2/24610 0 downloads + analyses Updated: Nov 4, 2009
Detroit Area Study, 1999: Life and Death Decision Making by Anspach, Renee Abstract: For this survey, respondents from three counties in the Detroit, Michigan, area were queried about their health, satisfaction with their health care, end of life decisions, policies about life and death ...	hdl:1902.2/4121 0 downloads + analyses Updated: Nov 4, 2009
Detroit Area Study, 2004 by Farley, Reynolds; Kryan, Maria; Couper, Mick Abstract: The 2004 Detroit Area Study (DAS) is a face-to-face survey of adults in the Detroit, Michigan tri-county area. Topics in this survey addressed racial issues, residence and housing, neighborhood evaluations, racial ...	hdl:1902.2/23820 0 downloads + analyses Updated: Jul 9, 2009
Suburban Immigrant Koreans in Bergen County, New Jersey, 2004 by Oh, Sookhee Abstract: Immigrant communities have been an indispensable element of United States metropolitan life, often playing the role of a way station on a long journey of assimilation. Reflecting this, a linear spatial ...	hdl:1902.2/23545 0 downloads + analyses Updated: Jul 9, 2009
Detroit Area Study, 2002 by Mohai, Paul; Brechin, Steve Abstract: The 2002 Detroit Area Study (DAS) is a face-to-face survey of adults in the Detroit, Michigan tri-county area. Respondents were asked questions about their place of residence, level of political participation, general ...	hdl:1902.2/24320 13 downloads + analyses Updated: Mar 25, 2009
Comparison of Older Volunteers and Older Nonvolunteers in the Philadelphia Area, 1993-1998 by Shultz, Norah Abstract: This research was undertaken to uncover the predictors of volunteerism for older persons and to determine the mental health benefits of such activity. The study was conducted from August 1993 until July ...	hdl:1902.2/20460 0 downloads + analyses Updated: Jan 13, 2009
Detroit Area Study, 2003: Information and Values in Today's Society by Baker, Wayne Abstract: For this survey, respondents from three counties in the Detroit, Michigan, area were queried about how they received and used information in their daily lives and how they viewed other people, groups, and ...	hdl:1902.2/22630 2 downloads + analyses Updated: Oct 8, 2008
Minority Aging and Health by National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging; National Institute on Aging Abstract: This three-volume CD-ROM contains 32 data collections relating to the study of minorities and aging. Included are the following studies: National Health Interview Survey, 1994: Second ...	hdl:1902.2/3297 0 downloads Updated: Oct 8, 2008
Northwest Area Foundation Ventures Social Indicators Survey, June-September 2005 by Northwest Area Foundation; University of Oregon. Oregon Survey Research Laboratory Abstract: The survey was designed to obtain information pertaining to community, neighborhood, local government, and community-based activities in an effort to discover ways to reduce poverty among the Ventures ...	hdl:1902.2/21180 0 downloads Updated: Jul 22, 2008