Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1 The Need for a Social Theory of National Identity
- 2 Commitment to the National Group
- 3 The Setting of National Group Boundaries
- 4 The Desire to Help the National Group
- 5 Loyalty in the Face of Criticism
- 6 Is National Identity Good or Bad?
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Appendix
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1 The Need for a Social Theory of National Identity
- 2 Commitment to the National Group
- 3 The Setting of National Group Boundaries
- 4 The Desire to Help the National Group
- 5 Loyalty in the Face of Criticism
- 6 Is National Identity Good or Bad?
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Summary
NATIONAL SURVEY
The data sets used throughout this book are part of the Perceptions of the American People project funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant SES-0111887). The survey was administered by the Ohio State University's Center for Survey Research. Households in the forty-eight contiguous states and the District of Columbia were randomly chosen using random-digit dialing. An English-speaking respondent within the household was randomly chosen using the “last birthday” selection technique (Lavrakas 1993). Only U.S. citizens were included in the sample. A total of 1,254 interviews were completed between May 29, 2002, and July 21, 2002. The response rates were as follows: American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Response Rate 5, 34 percent; AAPOR Cooperation Rate 3, 39 percent; and Modified AAPOR Cooperation Rate 3, 74 percent. The average length of the interviews was 31 minutes and the data are weighted to match the sample with the population based on the 2000 U.S. Census.
The survey items and scales used as independent and dependent variables in the regression analyses in Chapters 2 through 5 were standardized to range from 0 to 1, making comparisons easier. See Gary King (1986) and Robert Luskin (1991) for a discussion of how to interpret scales using this method of standardizing variables.
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- Who Counts as an American?The Boundaries of National Identity, pp. 187 - 198Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009