The Latino National Survey (LNS) contains 8,634 completed interviews (unweighted) of self-identified
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
residents of the
United States. Interviewing began on November 17, 2005, and continued through August 4, 2006. The survey instrument contained approximately 165 distinct items ranging from
demographic
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Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as edu ...
descriptions to political attitudes and policy preferences, as well as a variety of social indicators and experiences. All interviewers were bilingual, English and Spanish. Respondents were greeted in both languages and were immediately offered the opportunity to interview in either language. Interviewers also provided a consent script that allowed respondents to opt out of the survey. Demographic variables include age, ancestry, birthplace, education level, ethnicity, marital status, military service, number of people in the household, number of children under the age of 18 living in the household, political party affiliation, political ideology, religiosity, religious preference, race, and sex.
The principal investigators of the LNS were
Luis Fraga of the
University of Washington, John A. Garcia of the
University of Arizona, Rodney Hero of the
University of Notre Dame,
Michael Jones-Correa of
Cornell University, Valerie Martinez-Ebers of
Texas Christian University, and
Gary M. Segura of the University of Washington.
References
This link to the full Latino National Survey takes you to the Minority Data Resource Center (MDRC), an initiative of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
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