SRP Year
2014-2015
Principal Investigator(s)
Study Description
The primary goal of this survey was to gauge public opinion regarding how “family” is conceptualized. A secondary goal was to assess public views regarding higher education in the U.S. Data were collected on a range of topics including: definitions of family, rights and benefits of family, when and whether a family can stop being a family, the funding of higher education, goals of higher education, and attitudes about gay and lesbian relationships, as well as such sociodemographic characteristics as education, age, gender, race, religion, and marital status. Several questions from the 2003, 2006, and 2010 SRP were asked again, thereby allowing for an assessment of changes in Americans’ attitudes.
Research Team
Emily Meanwell
Lauren Apgar
Emma Cohen
Long Doan
Elizabeth Martinez
Natasha Yurk Quadlin
Dan Rudel
Landon Schnabel
Denise Ambriz
Perry Austin
Megan Bolton
Robbie Dembo
Amelia Hawbaker
Brent Hutchison
Jelani Ince
Kristin Kelley
Maritza Mestre
Aminta Moses
Morgan Peele
Alyssa Powers
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Susanna Adjei
Collin Bates
Alexa Biddle
Sean Bock
Gena Breeden
Rebecca Corey
Jesse Elkins
Zita Erbowor-Becksen
Lynne Glick
Daniel Green
Sidney Harris
Cody Haupert
Breanna Herrberg
Heve Hickey
Aaron Humphrey
Bradley Montgomery
Gurdip Nahal
Raphael Nepo
Elizabeth Nino
Jake Parker
Marie Richardson
Warren Schalk
Mark Shepherd
Rafal Swiatkowski
Oliver Thornton
Alexandra Trevino
Madison Walker
Jennifer Watkins
Jack Zhang
Laura Zweig
This study was conducted with support from the staff at the Center for Survey Research at Indiana University and used the Center's centralized telephone interviewing facility located on the Bloomington campus. CSR interviewers assisted in data collection.
Sources of Support
This study is supported by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University-Bloomington.