Entry:
Ladd, Everett Carll, Jr., "What the Polls Tell Us," Wilson Quarterly, 3 (Spring, 1979), 73-83.
Abstract:
The United States has generally been becoming more liberal. At the head of this liberalizing tendency has been a "new intelligentsia" composed of upper middle class professionals i.e. business administrators, engineers, accountants, lawyers, etc.
GSS Years:1972-78
Other Data Sets:
ANES 1968; CBS/NYT 1978; Gallup 1937-71, 1978; Roper for Fortune 1945
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| NATHEAL |
IMPROVING & PROTECTING NATIONS HEALTH |
| NATENVIR |
IMPROVING & PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT |
| NATCITY |
SOLVING PROBLEMS OF BIG CITIES |
| NATRACE |
IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF BLACKS |
| NATFARE |
WELFARE |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| NATSPAC |
SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAM |
| NATEDUC |
IMPROVING NATIONS EDUCATION SYSTEM |
| NATCRIME |
HALTING RISING CRIME RATE |
| NATDRUG |
DEALING WITH DRUG ADDICTION |
| CLASS |
SUBJECTIVE CLASS IDENTIFICATION |
| OCC |
RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970) |
| SPKATH |
ALLOW ANTI-RELIGIONIST TO SPEAK |
| COLSOC |
ALLOW SOCIALIST TO TEACH |
| RACPRES |
WOULD VOTE FOR BLACK PRESIDENT |
| FEPRES |
VOTE FOR WOMAN PRESIDENT |
| FEWORK |
SHOULD WOMEN WORK |
| GRASS |
SHOULD MARIJUANA BE MADE LEGAL |
| ABNOMORE |
MARRIED--WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN |
| XMARSEX |
SEX WITH PERSON OTHER THAN SPOUSE |