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Social Participation
soorno Number of organizations have at least some involvement soorin Number of organizations have very much involvement sopar1 - sopr17 Level of involvment in organization soogo1 First other organization R involved in soogo2 Second other organization R involved in sofrno Frequency of involvment with friends sovote Vote for the November 1974 elections
soorno: Number of organizations to which graduate has at least some involvement.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133a-133i, 134p, 134q
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
0 | 506 | 783 | 1289 | |
1 | 987 | 1128 | 2115 | |
2 | 973 | 1063 | 2036 | |
3 | 705 | 836 | 1541 | |
4 | 512 | 472 | 984 | |
5 | 326 | 277 | 603 | |
6 | 134 | 128 | 262 | |
7 | 96 | 48 | 144 | |
8 | 36 | 26 | 62 | |
9 | 21 | 14 | 35 | |
10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
in SOPAR1-SOPR17. In the actual data, the maximum number of organizations
in which any one participant was involved is 14.
If the entire social participation section had missing data codes, this
variable is coded -3. If there was some missing data and some valid data
on SOPAR1 through SOPR17, the missing data was counted as not being
involved in that organization for purposes of constructing this item.
soorin: Number of organizations in which graduate has very much involvement.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133a-133i, 134p, 134q
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
0 | 1482 | 1737 | 3219 | |
1 | 1230 | 1377 | 2607 | |
2 | 795 | 837 | 1632 | |
3 | 398 | 439 | 837 | |
4 | 217 | 239 | 456 | |
5 | 109 | 95 | 204 | |
6 | 45 | 33 | 78 | |
7 | 19 | 13 | 32 | |
8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
13 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
in SOPAR1-SOPR17. In the actual data, the maximum number of organizations
in which any one participant was involved is 14.
If the entire social participation section had missing data codes, this
variable is coded -3. If there was some missing data and some valid data
on SOPAR1 through SOPR17, the missing data was counted as not being
involved in that organization for purposes of constructing this item
sopar1: What is your level of involvement with church-connected groups, but not the church itself?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133a
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 545 | 1225 |
0 | None | 3265 | 3033 | 6298 |
1 | Some Involvement | 419 | 613 | 1032 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 627 | 1135 | 1762 |
sopar2: What is your level of involvement with labor unions?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133b
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 681 | 545 | 1226 |
0 | None | 3018 | 4449 | 7467 |
1 | Some Involvement | 899 | 258 | 1157 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 393 | 74 | 467 |
sopar3: What is your level of involvement with veterans' organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133c
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
0 | None | 4140 | 4722 | 8862 |
1 | Some Involvement | 119 | 37 | 156 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 52 | 23 | 75 |
sopar4: What is your level of involvement with fraternal organizations or lodges?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133d
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
0 | None | 3644 | 4464 | 8108 |
1 | Some Involvement | 444 | 217 | 661 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 223 | 101 | 324 |
sopar5: What is your level of involvement with business or civic groups?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133e
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 682 | 545 | 1227 |
0 | None | 3375 | 4233 | 7608 |
1 | Some Involvement | 403 | 217 | 620 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 531 | 331 | 862 |
sopar6: What is your level of involvement with parent-teachers associations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133f
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 681 | 546 | 1227 |
0 | None | 3070 | 2502 | 5572 |
1 | Some Involvement | 865 | 1384 | 2249 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 375 | 894 | 1269 |
sopar7: What is your level of involvement with community centers?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133g
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 681 | 544 | 1225 |
0 | None | 4078 | 4496 | 8574 |
1 | Some Involvement | 92 | 141 | 233 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 140 | 145 | 285 |
sopar8: What is your level of involvement with organizations of people with the same nationality?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133h
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
0 | None | 4226 | 4693 | 8919 |
1 | Some Involvement | 43 | 44 | 87 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 42 | 45 | 87 |
sopar9: What is your level of involvement with sport teams?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133i
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 545 | 1225 |
0 | None | 2727 | 3669 | 6396 |
1 | Some Involvement | 233 | 130 | 363 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 1351 | 982 | 2333 |
sopr10: What is your level of involvement with country clubs?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133j
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
0 | None | 3989 | 4544 | 8533 |
1 | Some Involvement | 117 | 106 | 223 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 205 | 132 | 337 |
sopr11: What is your level of involvement with youth groups, e.g. scout leader, etc.?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133k
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
0 | None | 3557 | 3706 | 7263 |
1 | Some Involvement | 179 | 239 | 418 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 575 | 837 | 1412 |
sopr12: What is your level of involvement with professional groups?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133l
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 681 | 544 | 1225 |
0 | None | 3164 | 4193 | 7357 |
1 | Some Involvement | 556 | 338 | 894 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 590 | 251 | 841 |
sopr13: What is your level of involvement with political clubs or organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133m
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 546 | 1226 |
0 | None | 4019 | 4534 | 8553 |
1 | Some Involvement | 141 | 120 | 261 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 151 | 126 | 277 |
sopr14: What is your level of involvement with neighborhood improvement organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133n
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 545 | 1225 |
0 | None | 3973 | 4513 | 8486 |
1 | Some Involvement | 149 | 115 | 264 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 189 | 153 | 342 |
sopr15: What is your level of involvement with charity or welfare organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133o
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
0 | None | 3995 | 4200 | 8195 |
1 | Some Involvement | 132 | 223 | 355 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 184 | 359 | 543 |
sopr16: What is your level of involvement with the first group besides church-connected groups, labor unions, veteran's organizations, fraternal organizations or lodges, business or civic groups, parent-teacher associations, community centers, organizations of people of the same nationality, sport teams, country clubs, youth groups, professinal groups, politcal clubs or organizations, neighborhood improvement organizations, and charity or welfare organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133a, 134p
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 682 | 548 | 1230 |
0 | None | 3921 | 4098 | 8019 |
1 | Some Involvement | 70 | 151 | 221 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 318 | 529 | 847 |
sopr17: What is your level of involvement with the second group besides church-connected groups, labor unions, veteran's organizations, fraternal organizations or lodges, business or civic groups, parent-teacher associations, community centers, organizations of people of the same nationality, sport teams, country clubs, youth groups, professinal groups, politcal clubs or organizations, neighborhood improvement organizations, and charity or welfare organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 133a, 134g
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
0 | None | 4275 | 4687 | 8962 |
1 | Some Involvement | 5 | 19 | 24 |
2 | Very Much Involved | 31 | 76 | 107 |
soogo1: What is the first group you have some level of involvement with that are not church-connected groups, labor unions, veteran's organizations, fraternal organizations or lodges, business or civic groups, parent-teacher associations, community centers, organizations of people of the same nationality, sport teams, country clubs, youth groups, professinal groups, politcal clubs or organizations, neighborhood improvement organizations, and charity or welfare organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 134
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
-2 | 3921 | 4098 | 8019 | |
0 | Other | 25 | 16 | 41 |
1 | Hobbies and arts | 151 | 174 | 325 |
2 | Service | 86 | 132 | 218 |
3 | Social | 36 | 110 | 146 |
4 | Athletic clubs (YMCA, etc.) | 57 | 44 | 101 |
5 | Home economics and family | 4 | 73 | 77 |
6 | Women's clubs, auxiliary | 2 | 65 | 67 |
7 | Nondenominational religious organizations | 3 | 5 | 8 |
8 | Health (TOPS, AA, etc.) | 13 | 48 | 61 |
9 | Alumni groups | 13 | 17 | 30 |
soogo2: What is the second group you have some level of involvement with that are not church-connected groups, labor unions, veteran's organizations, fraternal organizations or lodges, business or civic groups, parent-teacher associations, community centers, organizations of people of the same nationality, sport teams, country clubs, youth groups, professinal groups, politcal clubs or organizations, neighborhood improvement organizations, and charity or welfare organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 134
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 680 | 544 | 1224 |
-2 | 4275 | 4687 | 8962 | |
0 | Other | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1 | Hobbies and arts | 21 | 22 | 43 |
2 | Service | 8 | 15 | 23 |
3 | Social | 2 | 16 | 18 |
4 | Athletic clubs (YMCA, etc.) | 2 | 5 | 7 |
5 | Home economics and family | 0 | 12 | 12 |
6 | Women's clubs, auxiliary | 0 | 13 | 13 |
7 | Nondenominational religious organizations | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Health (TOPS, AA, etc.) | 0 | 4 | 4 |
9 | Alumni groups | 0 | 6 | 6 |
sofrno: How many times in the past four weeks have you gotten together with friends?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 135
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 683 | 550 | 1233 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 4 | 2 | 6 |
0 | None | 313 | 347 | 660 |
1 - 2 | 1057 | 883 | 1940 | |
3 - 4 | 1458 | 1497 | 2955 | |
5 - 8 | 926 | 1158 | 2084 | |
9 - 60 | 550 | 887 | 1437 | |
69 | Sixty-nine visits or more | 0 | 2 | 2 |
sovote: Did you vote for the November 1974 elections?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1975
Mode: phone
Source variables: 136
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED OR NONRESPONDENT | 681 | 550 | 1231 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 39 | 77 | 116 |
1 | Voted | 3083 | 3422 | 6505 |
2 | Didn't Vote | 1148 | 1230 | 2378 |
3 | Ineligible | 40 | 47 | 87 |