The Henry A. Murray Research Archive is the endowed, permanent repository for quantitative and qualitative research data at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and provides physical storage for the entire IQSS Dataverse Network. Our collection comprises over 125 terabytes of data, audio, and video.
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Diversity samples: Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Religion
Studies: 71
Abstract:

These data were collected in order to gather comprehensive qualitative and quantitative data on homeless families and a low-income housed comparison group. The major goal was to gain knowledge about ...

hdl:1902.1/01099
119 downloads + analyses
Updated: Nov 23, 2009
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The main purposes of this longitudinal study were to describe and understand the influences of social context on the psychological determinants of behavioral choices and developmental trajectories during ...

hdl:1902.1/01066
1801 downloads + analyses
Updated: Jul 16, 2009
Abortion Study, 1969-1974 by Edmund C. Payne; Malkah T. Notman; and Arthur Kravitz
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This study examines the psychological outcomes of therapeutic abortion during the period immediately preceding the U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating restrictive abortion laws. The sample was drawn ...

hdl:1902.1/00605
77 downloads + analyses
Updated: Jun 10, 2009
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The purpose of this study was to explore how White and Black working-class men construct their sense of self-worth, and how they perceive social hierarchy by interpreting differences between themselves ...

hdl:1902.1/00065
116 downloads
Updated: May 20, 2009
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of work and family among Black women who were employed as private household workers for a major portion of their working lives. This study focuses ...

hdl:1902.1/01065
32 downloads
Updated: May 18, 2009
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This 26-year longitudinal study, begun in 1968, involved the collection of a broad array of data concerning physical, psychological, and social aspects of health among a representative community sample ...

hdl:1902.1/00845
49 downloads + analyses
Updated: Mar 10, 2009
The Beginning School Study, 1982-2002 by Karl L. Alexander; Doris R. Entwisle
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The Beginning School Study (BSS) is a longitudinal study of children's academic and social development beginning in first grade and continuing through high school and beyond. This 20-year study, begun ...

hdl:1902.1/01293
1203 downloads + analyses
Updated: Mar 10, 2009
Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, 1996 - 2001 by Administration for Children and Families
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The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of early head start programs in response to the 1994 Head Start reauthorization which established a special initiative for services to families with ...

hdl:1902.1/00097
1476 downloads + analyses
Updated: Mar 5, 2009
Family Life Project: A Longitudinal Adoption Study, 1969-1989 by Chicago Child Care Society; Shireman, Joan; and Vroegh, Karen
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This 20-year longitudinal study, begun in 1969-1970, examines the influence of adoption on child and family development in intraracial, transracial, single-parent, and two-parent adoptive and biological ...

hdl:1902.1/01610
29 downloads
Updated: Mar 5, 2009
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The central purpose of this needs assessment epidemiological study was to investigate and to document the mental health needs, mental health service utilization, as well as use of indigenous healers ...

hdl:1902.1/01782
27 downloads + analyses
Updated: Mar 21, 2008