http://info.pop.psu.edu Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:38:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A University of California, Berkeley sociologist has released a paper questioning a study that showed Americans have become more socially isolated, as well as the reliability of data from the General Social Survey used in the study. Citations: Glenn, D. (2008, Sept. 30). Is 2.08 Really the Loneliest Number? Sociologist Casts Doubt ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/09/30/paper-questions-social-isolation-findings/ The stereotype may be that women are the ones who want children, but a new study suggests that US women are more open to remaining childless than men are. Using data from two national surveys (National Survey of Families and Households and General Social Survey), researchers at the University of ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/women-more-accepting-of-childlessness-than-men/ ICPSR has released the 1972-2006 Cumulative GSS file. Penn State researchers can now access the data on SodaPop or PopNet. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/07/09/gss-2006-cumulative-file-now-available/ The new version (4/21/06) of the GSS 1972-2004 Cumulative file (data and documentation) has been added to the PRI GSS SodaPop Collection. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2006/05/03/gss-1972-2004-updated-files-available-in-sodapop/ The General Social Surveys 1972-2004 Cumulative File and associated documentation have been redownloaded from ICPSR due to a re-release of the files. Information regarding re-release: The update contains a searchable version of the codebook provided by the data supplier. The update also contains an updated version of the data itself. ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2006/04/21/gss-1972-2004-cumulative-file-updated/ The GSS 1972-2004 Full Release has now been added to the SodaPop GSS Collection. Files for this collection also reside on PopNet UNIX as previously announced. http://info.pop.psu.edu/2005/09/30/gss-1972-2004-up-in-sodapop/ The General Social Survey (GSS) 1972-2004 Cumulative survey has been added to PopNet UNIX. Data (ASCII, SPSS Portable), input (SPSS), and documentation (PDF) are available. Please note that there is an errata associated with the codebook (PDF). The files will be added to SodaPop as soon as it is possible. Please ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2005/09/22/gss-1972-2004-full-release/ A CD-ROM copy of the Preliminary Release of the General Social Survey (GSS) 1972-2004 has been provided to PRI by the Penn State University Librarires. The data (ASCII and SPSS Portable File), SPSS Input, and weighting documentation have been added to POPNET. Please note that a codebook is not available ... http://info.pop.psu.edu/2005/07/15/gss-preliminary-release-july-11-15-2005/