Southern California Social Survey, 1990

The Southern California Social Surveys continued the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Surveys [LAMAS], conducted between 1970 and 1976. The 1990 SCSS focuses on how people feel about life and living in southern California. In addition to core items, this survey looks at minority empowerment in the political process. Topics include gambling, doctor visits, attitudes about AIDS, smoking, opinion of neighborhood, trust in government,ratings of legislators, political participation, political party ID, abortion, crime victimization, financial well being, death penalty, travel time to work, educational attainment, use of child care, basic demographics.The study contains an oversample of Blacks and Hispanics. There are 1178 respondents.This study is provided 'as is' and questions may be directed to the Data Archive.