Entry:
Dauphinais, Pat Dewey; Barkan, Steven E.; and Cohn, Steven F., "Predictors of Rank-and-File Feminist Activism: Evidence from the 1983 General Social Survey," Social Problems, 39 (November, 1992), 332-344.
Abstract:
Women's rights activists are distinguished from nonactivists by certain attitudes and by their higher levels of education, non-South residence, and greater labor force experience. Microstructural factors (membership in voluntary organizations, marital status, labor force experience and number of children at home) are not associated with activism among women who are highly concerned about women's rights, but do partially explain what little activism exists among women who are less concerned.
GSS Years:1983
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| EDUC1 |
Variable Label could not be found |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| DEGREE |
RS HIGHEST DEGREE |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| POLVIEWS |
THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE |
| PARTYID |
POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION |
| REGION |
REGION OF INTERVIEW |
| SRCBELT |
SRC BELTCODE |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| RELIG |
RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| WRKSTAT |
LABOR FRCE STATUS |
| FEWRITE |
R EVER WRITTEN OFFICIAL ABT WOMENS RGTS |
| FEGIVE |
HAS R GIVEN MONEY TO WOMENS RIGHTS ORGS |
| FEJOIN |
EVER JOINED ORG WORKING ON WOMENS RGTS |
| MEMNUM |
NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIPS |
| BABIES |
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS LESS THAN 6 YRS OLD |
| PRETEEN |
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 6 THRU 12 YRS OLD |
| TEENS |
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 13 THRU 17 YRS OLD |
| FEPRES |
VOTE FOR WOMAN PRESIDENT |
| FEHOME |
WOMEN TAKE CARE OF HOME NOT COUNTRY |
| FEPOL |
WOMEN NOT SUITED FOR POLITICS |
| FECARE |
RS CONCERN ABOUT WOMENS RIGHTS |
| FETHINK |
HOW OFT R & FRNDS THINK ABT WOMENS RGTS |
| HELPFUL |
PEOPLE HELPFUL OR LOOKING OUT FOR SELVES |
| FAIR |
PEOPLE FAIR OR TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE |
| TRUST |
CAN PEOPLE BE TRUSTED |
| CONFED |
CONFID. IN EXEC BRANCH OF FED GOVT |
| CONJUDGE |
CONFID. IN UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT |
| CONLEGIS |
CONFIDENCE IN CONGRESS |
| ABANY |
ABORTION IF WOMAN WANTS FOR ANY REASON |
| ABNOMORE |
MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN |
| ABDEFECT |
STRONG CHANCE OF SERIOUS DEFECT |
| ABRAPE |
PREGNANT AS RESULT OF RAPE |
| ABPOOR |
LOW INCOME--CANT AFFORD MORE CHILDREN |
| ABSINGLE |
NOT MARRIED |
| ABHLTH |
WOMANS HEALTH SERIOUSLY ENDANGERED |