Entry:
Alba, Richard D., "The Twilight of Ethnicity Among American Catholics of European Descent," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 454 (March, 1981), 86-97.
Abstract:
Ethnicity among Catholics is subsiding. In terms of college attendance, interethnic marriage and other characteristics, Catholics are becoming more similar to the American Protestant core groups.
GSS Years:1973-1978
Other Data Sets:
CPS 1979; Vecoli 1978; Ware 1935
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| ETHNIC |
COUNTRY OF FAMILY ORIGIN |
| RELIG |
RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| REGION |
REGION OF INTERVIEW |
| ETHNUM |
TYPE OF RESPONSE ABOUT ETHNICITY -- R |
| BORN |
WAS R BORN IN THIS COUNTRY |
| PARBORN |
WERE RS PARENTS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY |
| GRANBORN |
HOW MANY GRANDPARENTS BORN OUTSIDE U.S. |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| SPREL |
SPOUSES RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| XNORCSIZ |
EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE |