Job Satisfaction in the House of Representatives, 1999 [electronic resource] / Rebekah Herrick

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Data file
Language
English
Εdition
2016-10-24
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016
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ICPSR ; 36584 [More in this series]
Restrictions note
AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions.
Summary note
Job Satisfaction in the House of Representatives, 1999, reflects data collected from a mail survey of former members of the House of Representatives conducted in the Summer of 1999. The survey was funded by a grant from the Dirksen Congressional Center and the Caterpiller Foundation. The collection includes data about former members who left congress between 1970 and 1999; of the 401 former members who were sent surveys 228 responded for a response rate of about 57%. The respondents were surveyed about reasons why they left congress, their relationships with their colleagues, satisfaction with position, and aspects of their family. Demographic variables included in this dataset are marital status and political party affiliation. Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36584
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Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2016-11-07.
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Geographic coverage
United States
Funding information
  • Dirksen Congressional Center
  • Caterpillar Foundation
System details
Mode of access: Intranet.
Methodology note
Former members of the House of Representatives (retired between 1970-1999)
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Also available as downloadable files.
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