NORC SOCIAL RESEARCH 1941-1964 AN INVENTORY OF STUDIES AND PUBLICATIONS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH Edited and Annotated by JOHN M. ALLSWANG and PATRICKBOVA The National Opinion Research Center The University of Chicago 1964 PREFACE This research inventory describes the social surveys and other projects undertaken by the National Opinion Research Center from its founding in 1941 through the middle of 1964. It is hoped that the inventory will provide both a convenient summary of the types of research which NORC has engaged in, and a useful bibliography of the various publications to come from its many studies. Within nine general subject categories, the inventory is organized by study (each NORC study having been given an inventory number). For each study a brief description is given, followed by general information on the type of sample, the universe, the number of respondents, etc. The names of the sponsor(s) of each study and of the study diiector(s) are also given, as is the location of survey materials when these are elsewhere than in NORC storage (e.g., "Codes and cards at Roper Center"). For each study there is appended a list of published and unpublished materials which were based on the data of that study; occasionally this list will include publications financed by the study but using other data. All publications based in whole or in part on the study are included. For each study, we have first listed NORC reports, then published books, published articles, unpub- lished papers, and unpublished theses and dissertations, in that order. And at the end of each subject section there is an omnibus category (arbitrarily numbered as Study 99) including other pub- lications which are relevant to this subject section but which do not come from a specific study (e.g., various writings of NORC staff members). It should also be noted that many publications were actually based on data from a number of NORC studies, but are listed only once. Cross references are provided at the head of each section, and from one study to another. There are also a number of indices, each of which refers to inventory number: subject index, author and study director index, sponsor index, an index with corresponding inventory number for the included NORC study numbers and an index to studies on Me at Roper Center. Because inventory numbers were applied for each subject section in the order of standard NORC study numbers, the studies in a given section do not follow precise chronological order. Not every study undertaken by the National Opinion Research Center is included in the inven- tory, but all those which resulted in some type of publication are included, as are a number which did not but which are nonetheless significant, and whose results some users might wish to consult. The inventory is complete through June, 1964, including studies in progress at that time. Most of the publications listed in the inventory are available either in published form (in books, journals, etc.) or through NORC. Most numbers in the NORC numbered report series are available on microfilm and some of the more recent ones, in physical copies; this is noted in the iii text and the price is given. Wherever the word REPRINT follows the citation of a publication, copies are available gratis. In regard to the many other publications cited herein, wherever pag- ination is given it may be assumed that the work is available through the NORC library in Xerox copies-unless microfilm is specified-at fifteen cents per page. Consequently, most materials can be ordered direct. And almost all materials-regardless of listed availability-are on file at the NORC library for reference. Many other libraries have on deposit the numbered report series, the foreign affairs series, and Opinion News, all three of which are to be found in the Union List of Serials. A special section in the inventory is reserved for the Survey Research Service (SRS), and in- formation on the Service and its studies can be found there. There is an appendix describing Opinion News, a journal which NORC formerly published. All questions arising from the inventory should be addressed to the following: Librarian National Opinion Research Center University of Chicago 5720 S. Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ... Preface ............................................................ iu Contents ........................................................... v List of Abbreviations ................................................. vi A . HEALTH AND WELFARE ........................................ 1 B . OCCUPATIONS. PROFESSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING .... 13 C . MASS COMMUNICATIONS ....................................... 17 D . ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ..................................... 21 E . NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL AFFAIRS ......... 25 EW and EP. WARTIME AND POSTWAR STUDIES ..................... 30 EW . WAR AND WAR-RELATED PROBLEMS. 194 1. 1945 ............ 31 EP. POSTWAR PROBLEMS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. 1942-1950 . 36 F. EDUCATION ...................................................38 G . COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND ACTIVITIES ....................... 48 H . INTERGROUP RELATIONS ...................................... 55 I. METHODOLOGY AND THEORY .................................. 57 SRS-THE SURVEY RESEARCH SERVICE ........................... 61 APPENDIX-Opinion News ........................................... 66 Index of Studies ..................................................... 67 Index of Studies at Roper Center ........................................70 Index of Sponsors .................................................... 73 Index of Authors and Study Directors .................................... 75 Subject Index ....................................................... 77 v ABBHaEVPlhTPONS USED OUGHOUT TEXT: AAPOR American Association for Public Opinion Research ACS American Cancer Society AHA American Hospital Association AJS American Journal of Sociology AMA American Medical Association ASA American Sociological Association ASR American Sociological Review ASS American Sociological Society AStatA American Statistical Association BASR Bureau of Applied Social Research, Columbia University HIF Health Information Foundation IPlL International Data Library, Survey Research Center, University of California (Berkeley) IJOAR International Journal of Opinion and Attitude Research IUC Inter-University Consortium for Political Research. Ann Arbor, Michigan NIH National Institutes of Health NIMH National Institute of Mental Health POQ Public Opinion Quarterly Roper Center Roper Public Opinion Research Center, Williams College, Williamstown, Massa- chusetts WAPOR World Association for Public Opinion Research A. HEALTH APdD WELFARE See also: BI, B2, B4, B7, B8, B99, Fll, G.5, Gll, G12, G15, 16, 199, SRS 130, SRS 180, SRS 230, SRS 250, SRS 290, SRS 340, SRS 360. Al. CANCER AND PHYSICIANS. (Study S-74. 1945) A personal interview survey of a national sample of physicians. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Study Director: Harry H. Field. See also A4. NORC REPORTS: Field, Harry H. The medical profession and the war on cancer. (1946. 18pp.) A2. TUBEItCUILOSHS. (Study S-8 1. 1947) A survey based on a quota sample, stratified by census tract, of the city of Denver; personal interviews with 551 respondents. Sponsored by the National Tuberculosis Association. See also A3. NORC REPORTS: Denver tuberculosis survey. (1947. 40pp.) A3. INCIDENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS HN DENVER. (Study S-100. 1949) A comparison study to A2. Sample stratilied into eleven mapped areas in Denver, with quota sampling within areas; personal interviews with 554 respondents aged 18- or older. Sponsored by the National Tuberculosis Association and the Denver Tuberculosis Society. NORC REPORTS : Connelly, Gordon. Denver tuberculosis survey. (1949. 25pp.) A4. CANCER. (Study 136. 1945) A national cross-section of American adults based on quota sampling; personal interviews with 1,255 respondents. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society. Study Director: Harry H. Field. See also Al. NORC REPORTS: Field, Harry H. How general are cancer examinations. ( 1945. 13pp.) . Informed versus uninformed opinion on cancer. (1946. 8pp.) . Penetration of the American Cancer Society's publicity. (1945. 7pp.) . What people know and think about free hospital care for cancer patients. (1945. 1 ~PP. What we, the American people, know and don't know about cancer. (1945. 16pp.) . What do the American people know about cancer. (1945. 16pp.) . Where we, the American people, obtain our information about cancer. (1945. 6pp.) AS. SOCIALIZED MEDICINE. (Study 226. 1944) A social cross-section of American adults, based on quota sampling; personal interviews with 2,550 respondents. Sponsored by the Physician's Committee on Research, Inc. Codes and cards at Roper Center. NORC REPORTS: What do the American people think about federal health insurance. (1944. 68pp.) What do the American people think about Social Security medicine. (1944. 69pp.) Section A A6. ALCOHOLISM. (Study 242. 1946) A social cross-section of American adults, based on quota sampling, with an additional con- trol for "wet" and "dry" areas; personal interviews with 2,677 respondents. Undertaken jointly by NORC and the sponsor, Rutgers University. NORC REPORTS : Department of Sociology, Rutgers University. Public information and the problem of alco- holism. (1947. 36pp.) OTHER PUBLICATIONS: Riley, John W., and Others. "The motivational pattern of drinking-based on the verbal re- sponses of a cross-section