Received: from frosty.irss.unc.edu (frosty.irss.unc.edu [152.2.32.82]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.5/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id GAA19469 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 1996 06:16:48 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from cassell@localhost) by frosty.irss.unc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.10) id IAA16949; Mon, 12 Aug 1996 08:15:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 08:15:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Cassell To: Social Science Research Methods Instructors cc: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: (FWD) The Wisconsin Basic Needs Study, 1981 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII FYI; contact Laura Guy for more information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Please excuse any cross-listings of this announcement. This announcement is freely redistributable. Data Availability Announcement: The Wisconsin Basic Needs Study, 1981. The Data and Program Library Service at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce the availabiliy of these important data via our World Wide Web on-line data archive. This site provides access to the raw data and documentation from the Wisconsin Basic Needs Study. This study is a longitudinal survey of 2,000 Wisconsin families, conducted in the 1980's for the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services. The objectives of the study were to describe the basic needs of families, to observe the variation in needs as a function of household size and composition, region, and season, and to determine the behavioral and psychological responses to changes in the ability of families to satisfy their consumption requirements. The sample consists of a cross-section of households throughout the state, supplemented by special oversampling of households in which the Department of Health and Social Services has a particular policy interest (AFDC households, female-headed households with dependent children, households with heads 65 years of age or older, and low-income households). For more information or to access the data go to: http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/BNS/ Laura Guy Senior Librarian Data and Program Library Service University of Wisconsin-Madison 3313 Social Science Building Madison, Wisconsin 53706 Voice: 608.262.7962 Email: guy@dpls.dacc.wisc.edu