Environmental Consciousness (USA)

Version
1.0.0
Resource Type
Dataset
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Survey and aggregate data
Creator
- Kessel, Hans (Internationales Institut für Umwelt und Gesellschaft, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin)
- Milbrath, Lester W. (Environmental Studies Center, State University of New York, Buffalo)
- Tischler, Wolfgang (Internationales Institut für Umwelt und Gesellschaft, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin)
Publication Date
1985
Contributor
- Environmental Studies Center, State University of New York, Buffalo (Data Collector)
Language
English
Classification
- ZA:
- Technology, Energy
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CESSDA Topic Classification:
- Social change
- Social behaviour and attitudes
- Natural resources and energy
- Environmental degradation/pollution and protection
Description
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Abstract
Ecological moral concepts in the USA. Topics: The content of this study is identical to that of ZA Study No. 1388.
Temporal Coverage
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1982-01 / 1982-04
Geographic Coverage
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United States (US)
Sampled Universe
The American Population
Sampling
Sampling Procedure Comment: The universe sampled is composed of 6 groups and individual samples:
1.Multi-stage random sample of the American population (694 respondents
with a response rate of 53%). For this all addresses were used which
had been deliverable in a survey in 1980.
2. Supplement sample of environmentalists: random selection of addresses
from lists of various associations of the environmental protection
movement (272 respondents, response rate 57%).
3. Supplement sample ´leadership persons of the economy´: sample of
presidents or vice-presidents or chairmen of the board of large and
medium-sized companies from the ´Fortune Double 500 Directory´ and from
´Corporations, Directors and Executives´ (202 respondents, response rate
59%).
4. Supplement sample ´political leadership´: random selection of members
of the political leadership at federal, state and municipal level (48
respondents, response rate 21%).
5. Supplement sample ´public administration´: sample drawn analogious
to the sample of ´political leadership´ (115 respondents, response rate
53%).
6. Supplement sample ´trade union leadership´: random selection of
persons from the ´Who´s Who in Labor´ (of 1980) and the ´Encyclopedia
of Associations´ (129 respondents, response rate 45%).
Demography: age; sex; marital status; occupational position;
employment; nationality; union membership; city size; household income;
number of school years (classified); political orientation; party
preference; federal state; self-assessment of social class.
Collection Mode
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Mail survey
Data and File Information
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Unit Type:
Individual
Number of Units: 1460
Number of Variables: 133
Note
The current data set is part of a complete project archived under ZA Study Nos. 1386 to 1388. An earlier study on the same topic conducted in Germany is archived under ZA Study No. 1819.
Availability
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Alternative Identifiers
- ZA1386 (Type: ZA-No.)
Publications
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Kessel, Hans; Tischler, Wolfgang: Umweltbewußtsein: Ökologische Wertvorstellungen in westlichen Industrienationen. Berlin: Edition Sigma, Rainer Bohn Verlag 1984.
Update Metadata: 2021-04-07 | Issue Number: 90 | Registration Date: 2010-07-22