405 adults aged 25 to 40 living in Newton, Massachusetts, were interviewed for this study on relative deprivation. The data, collected by ABT Associates of Cambridge, includes demographic information, job details, domestic arrangements, attitudes toward women's work, and depression scale scores. The study was designed by Faye J. Crosby to compare housewives and employed men and women in high and low prestige occupations.
Use Cases
- Modeling the relationship between occupational prestige and job satisfaction based on the study's prestige categorization.
- Analyzing gender differences in domestic labor division based on questions about home arrangements.
- Investigating predictors of depression scores using the included CES-D scale.
- Comparing expressed discontent between employed women, housewives, and employed men as described in the study design.
Strengths
- Sample of 405 adults with balanced design across occupational prestige and family status.
- Includes a validated psychological instrument, the Radloff CES-D depression scale.
- Data collection and coding were performed by a professional firm, ABT Associates.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single Boston suburb.
Provenance
- Source
- Faye J. Crosby
- Collection Method
- One-hour in-home interviews conducted by professional interviewers.
- Time Range
- 1978-79
- Geography
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA