Study of Tenants in Los Angeles, 1979, October

This is a study of tenant attitudes and experiences. The survey included questions on type of residence, persons living with the respondent, monthly rent and what it includes, neighborhood conditions, condition of the residence, relations with owner and manager, respondent's and respondent's family's history of home and property ownership, opinions on rents in the area, opinions on rent control, opinions of landlords in general, problems with present and past landlords, tenant organizations, political participation and ideology, importance of rent control as a local political issue, labor union and other organizational memberships, opinions on how much control a tenant should have, private ownership of housing in general, government actions to help tenants, age, employment, education, income, race, sex, zip code, number of telephones, and language in which interview was conducted. There are 1598 respondents in the Los Angeles file. An additional 500 cases were attempted for the Santa Monica file.