Student-Parent Socialization Study, 1965

This data collection contains information on the evolution of political attitudes and intergenerational influences upon this process among 1,669 high school seniors and 1,992 parents of these students in 97 schools in the United States in 1965. Information collected for student respondents includes attitudes towards school, family life, political parties, and toward the political process in general, as well as personal data and plans for the future. Information obtained from parents includes their views of family life, intrafamily relations, political history, and the political process. Parents were also questioned on their attitudes when they were high school students. Data are also provided on the size and type of school, enrollment percentage of minority groups, types of activities offered by the school, tenure systems, religious affiliations of the student body, and juvenile offenses and dropout percentages. Demographic items specify age, place of birth, education, occupation, nationality, religion, social class, and place of residence.