JEFFERSON COUNTY STUDY

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ethan Kaplan, University of Maryland; Jorg Spenkuch, Northwestern University; Cody Tuttle, University of Texas-Austin

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Jefferson County Field Report.pdf application/pdf 193.5 KB 10/15/2022 01:48:PM
Jefferson County Study Codebook.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 20.7 KB 01/16/2025 04:19:AM
Jefferson County Study Data File with Base Weights.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 351.9 KB 10/15/2022 01:48:PM
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Project Citation: 

Kaplan, Ethan, Spenkuch, Jorg, and Tuttle, Cody. JEFFERSON COUNTY STUDY. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-01-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E215721V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The Jefferson County Study seeks to understand the impact of student busing programs during school desegregation on the political and ideological views, social attitudes, and racial attitudes of those who attending high school in Jefferson County, Kentucky during the 1970s. The study was conducted with two groups, those who attended high school in Jefferson County, Kentucky and were randomly bused based on their first initial of their last name and those who also attended high school in Jefferson County, Kentucky during the same time period but were not bused.  The study was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for researchers from Northwestern University, University of Maryland and the University of Texas at Austin. Primary funding for the study was provided through NSF and a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources National Science Foundation (2018614); National Science Foundation (2018869); Russell Sage Foundation (2008-27278); Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship at Northwestern University

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Jefferson County; Louisville; school desegregation; busing; ideology; preferences
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2022 – 2022
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 7/2022 – 10/2023
Universe:  View help for Universe individuals attending high school in Jefferson County, Kentucky during the 1970s
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Interviews were conducted between July 22 and October 13, 2022.  This study was offered in English. It was available on the web, phone, and paper.

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate 27%
Sampling:  View help for Sampling The original sample was provided by the client and NORC used the sampling procedures described below to draw the final sample. The original sample was gathered by collecting names from high school yearbooks before the 1975/1976 year.  These names were then given to Aristotle, Inc., a non-partisan, for-profit data vendor to match the names to the universe of registered voters in the United States. The treatment sample of n=1,200 was comprised of those bused during their high school career.  The control sample was comprised of those not bused during their high school years in Jefferson County. NORC randomly subsampled from a population of 7,600 lines to select 1,200 for the study with stratification based on graduation year and busing alphabet group.  Of the sample of 2,400, 21 were later determined out of scope as the respondent reported to NORC that they did not attend high school in Jefferson County.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source original survey
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) self-enumerated questionnaire; telephone interview; web-based survey
Scales:  View help for Scales Likert-type scales
Weights:  View help for Weights The final, cleaned sample was weighted to adjust for the probability of selection from the initial subsampling process, and the probability that an individual responded to the survey.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation individual

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