National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Poll: African Americans' Lives Today, United States, 2013

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data. This collection includes variable-level metadata of African Americans' Lives Today, a survey from National Public Radio, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include: Satisfaction with life and environment Life improvements Satisfaction with living area Living area improvements Most important local issue Other black people in area Amount of black friends Economic class Rating various public institutions Rating quality of various resources Amount of discrimination Reason for discrimination Personal financial situation Economic class growing up Achieving American dream Better off than parents Importance of religion Making decisions about children Child schooling Rating child's school Black children in school Desired level of child's education Seeking long-term relationship Desire to marry Satisfaction with dating opportunities Race of romantic dates Looking for work Career success Unemployment concerns Health insurance and healthcare Access to care Medical expenses Quality of doctors Health and wellness Social and family life The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092356]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 204 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.