Detroit area study, 1956

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This study sampled a cross-section of adults from the Detroit metropolitan area. One emphasis of the 1956 DAS was on the examination of attitudes toward and motivations for working. The study tried to ascertain the importance work had in the respondent's life, the things in the job that made him/her feel important, and the things wanted from the job that it didn't provide. A number of questions related to women working were asked. For example, the respondent was asked for perceptions of how a husband was affected by a working wife, and if there were kinds of jobs women should not have. The second emphasis of the 1956 DAS was on the orientation toward many social and political issues. The respondent was asked for views about the USSR preparing to attack a western European country, a parent not allowing a child to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school, proposed integration of white schools, and a Communist revolution in a Latin American country. Other subjects were also explored by the 1956 DAS. The respondent's opinion of the Detroit newspaper strike was probed, as was the respondent's satisfaction with the neighborhood. Telephone service and use were also ascertained.