SRP Year
1968-1969
Principal Investigator(s)
Sheldon Stryker
Study Description
The Gary Area Project focused on political attitudes and orientations through interviews with 800 residents of Gary, Indiana. The survey used probability sampling of Census blocks and block clusters and quota sampling of individuals within blocks. Interview questions gathered data on respondents’ socioeconomic status and other background demographics, measures of relative deprivation, and measures of satisfaction in interpersonal relations. The survey also included items on political participation and attitudes, attitudes about race and race relations, and attitudes about local Gary politics.
Research Team
Samuel Baldwin
S. Judson Yearwood-D
Cleopatra Newsome
Johnetta Wright
T. Bettler
Michael L. Cabst
Nicholas L. Danigelis
Robert E. Dargitz
James V. DeFronzo
Walter R. Ellis
James A. Flory
James G. Hougland, Jr.
Bruce W. Hunsicker
Vernon L. Noll
Walter G. Pascal
Eugene S. Piatek
Rafael J. Prohias
Stephen H. Riggins
John R. Sanford
Henry W. Willen
Marty Zusman
Pramuan Aunarom
Terri J. Bruce
Ellen R. Cohen
Mina Hohlen
Mary A. Hovey-Baden
Diane E. Lane
Nellie K. Laughlin
Helen A. Matthews
Suzanne Penz
Susan G. Richmond
Carol C. Russell
Ann V. Springfield
Susan Thomas
Sources of Support
This study was supported by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University-Bloomington.