The Los Angeles County Social Survey (LACSS) continues the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Studies (LAMAS) and the Southern California Social Surveys (SCSS). The Log Angeles County Social Survey (LACSS) is part of a continuing annual research project supported by the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Each year a University of California researcher is given an opportunity to be principal investigator and to use a segment of the LACSS for his or her own research. The 1992 principal investigator was Dr. Lawrence Bobo, who was an Associate Professor of Sociology at UCLA. The LACSS 1992 was conducted between February and July 1992. Los Angeles County residents were asked questions concerning ethnic relations, social dominance, social distance, immigration, affirmative action, employment, and government. A split ballot methodology was utilized concerning the topics of immigration and affirmative action. Respondents were randomly selected to answer a series of questions from one of three ballots. In addition, a different series of social distance questions were asked depending on the respondent's ethnicity. Questionnaires were provided in both English and Spanish languages. Demographic information collected includes race, gender, religion, age, education level, occupation, birth place, political party affiliation and ideology, and origin of ancestry.

We sent out the survey via institutional email to 125 M1 students, the entire class excepting the 5 students (Jonathan, Charles, I, and 2 others) who were involved in setting up the survey. Each survey would collect data for 7 days after it was sent out, and the first 13 participants to respond in each round were given an electronic 5$ amazon gift card from funds provided by CUSM's Student Scholars Presentation and Dissemination Initiative committee. The 4 rounds of surveys were sent out on 12/12/22, 1/3/23, 1/17/23, and 1/31/23. All survey round questionnaires were identical and consisted of survey items from two instruments: the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). All three sections of the CBI (personal, work-related, and client-related burnout) were used, and the order of the questions was randomized. The order of the PHQ-9 questions was also randomized, but the CBI and PHQ-9 questions were delivered separately. Due to privacy concerns about the stigmatization of mental health, no demographic questions, such as race or age, were included.

Abstract (en): This collection contains a cumulative datafile for The Los Angeles County Social Survey (LACSS) comprised of participants from years 1992 and 1994-1998. The LACSS continues the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Studies (LAMAS) and the Southern California Social Surveys (SCSS). The Los Angeles County Social Survey (LACSS) is part of a continuing annual research project supported by the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Each year a University of California researcher is given an opportunity to be principal investigator and to use a segment of the LACSS for his or her own research. Data for this collection represents the LACSS conducted between February 1992 and June 1998. No data was included for the year 1993. Each year, Los Angeles County residents were asked questions concerning ethnic relations, social dominance, social distance, immigration, affirmative action, employment, and government. A split ballot methodology was utilized concerning the topics of immigration and affirmative action. Respondents were randomly selected to answer a series of questions from one of three ballots. In addition, a different series of social distance questions were asked depending on the respondent's ethnicity. Demographic information collected includes race, gender, religion, age, education level, occupation, birth place, political party affiliation and ideology, and origin of ancestry. The primary purpose of the Los Angeles County Social Survey (LACSS) is to provide the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the local community with information about the opinions and attitudes of Los Angeles County residents on a wide range of topics. The study sought to survey a representative sample of adults in Los Angeles County. The LACSS also provides UCLA undergraduate and graduate students with the experience of collecting survey research data. This random digit dial sample of households in Los Angeles County contains over-samples of African American and Asian American households. Respondents were randomly selected to answer a series of questions from one of two ballots concerning economic conditions, and one of three ballots about ethnic relations. Investigators employed a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) system for years 1992, 1994, and 1996-1998. Investigators conducted interviews by telephone in 1995. ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Created online analysis version with question text.; Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.. Datasets:DS1: Los Angeles County Social Survey, 1992, 1994-1998 (LACSS) Households with telephones in Los Angeles County. Smallest Geographic Unit: County Individuals living in households with telephones in Los Angeles County were selected using a random digital dial sample which included over-samples of African American and Asian American households. computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) telephone interview