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Participation in the 1990 Decennial Census

dc.contributor.authorCouper, Micken_US
dc.contributor.authorSinger, Eleanoren_US
dc.contributor.authorKulka, Richard A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:49:00Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:49:00Z
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.identifier.citationCouper, Mick; Singer, Eleanor; Kulka, Richard (1998). "Participation in the 1990 Decennial Census." American Politics Research 26(1): 59-80. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67793>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1532-673Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67793
dc.description.abstractTheoretical perspectives on survey participation suggest that survey participation is a form of community involvement, reflecting a sense of civic obligation that also motivates such behavior as voting, serving on juries, and paying taxes. Using data from the Survey of Census Participation (SCP), we investigate this hypothesis with respect to mail response to the 1990 census. We examine such motivating factors as structural and attitudinal measures of alienation as well as more proximal measures of knowledge of and attitudes toward the census and concerns about privacy and confidentiality. We also examine a variety of constraining factors, including literacy, facility with the English language, and available time to complete the form. Using multivariate analysis, we explore the relative effects of these factors on the likelihood of returning the completed census form by mail and discuss the implications of our findings for participation in the census and political participation more generally.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleParticipation in the 1990 Decennial Censusen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherResearch Triangle Instituteen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67793/2/10.1177_1532673X9802600104.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1532673X9802600104en_US
dc.identifier.sourceAmerican Politics Researchen_US
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