Entry:

Lamont, Michele; Schmalzbauer; Waller, Maureen; and Weber, Daniel, "Cultural and Moral Boundaries in the United States: Structural Position, Geographic Location, and Lifestyle Explanations," Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Literature, the Media, and the Arts, 24 (July, 1996), 31-56.


Abstract:

Education, income, class and gender all affect how individuals draw moral and cultural boundaries.

GSS Years:

1993

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME

CLASS

SUBJECTIVE CLASS IDENTIFICATION

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

FRDCULTR

DESIR QUALITIES OF FRIEND: CULTURED

IMPCULTR

IMP TO R OF BEING CULTURED

PREMARSX

SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE

HOMOSEX

HOMOSEXUAL SEX RELATIONS

IMPMAR

IMP TO R OF BEING MARRIED

IMPGOD

IMP TO R OF HAVING FAITH IN GOD

IMPKIDS

IMP TO R OF HAVING CHILDREN

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

SIZE

SIZE OF PLACE IN 1000S

TVPBS

HOW OFTEN R WATCHES PUBLIC TV SHOWS

GOMUSIC

ATTENDED CLASSICAL OR OPERA IN LST YR

DENOM

SPECIFIC DENOMINATION

ATTEND

HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES