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

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
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