SRP Year
1967-1968
Principal Investigator(s)
Marvin Olsen
Study Description
This study investigated rates and patterns of participation in a variety of political, social, occupational, religious, and other activities. Researchers used probability sampling with quotas to draw a sample of adults living in Indianapolis and its surrounding suburbs and interviewed 750 respondents. Survey questions covered home ownership; residential mobility; job satisfaction; church preference; voluntary association membership; family activity; frequency of interactions with neighbors, kin, and friends; political and voting preferences and activities; and protest attitudes and racial prejudice.
Research Team
Kenneth Brown
Elizabeth Mullins
William Philliber
Clifford Copeland
Judy Tully Corder
Steven Denner
Lois Downey
Keith Fernsler
Jack Franklin
Steven Gates
Joan Harms
Curdina Hill
Michaell Houston
Judith Ann Lewis
Phyllis Mansfield
Dianne Manske
Gale Mull
Liz Mullins
Richard Polikoff
Joseph Scott
Donald Simet
Larry Smith
Joan Splinter
Maria Teriumniks
Clarence Turner
Hari Uttley
Nancy Wendlandt
Tom Whitsitt
Susan Wisely
Marty Zusman
Betsy Gethers
Cynthia Griffin
Mary Anna Hovey
James Huber
Daniel Maguire
Additional assistance was provided by NORC
Sources of Support
This study was supported by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University-Bloomington.