Study Barnes et al. (1979): study US 1974
- Public:
- 16+ aged, general public, USA, 1974
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 1719
- Non Response:
- 29%
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Protest Potential
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- See Barnes, Kaase, 1979: Chapter 3 and p. 540-555
- Operationalization
- Approval and activity in 7 political protest behaviors.(each range 0-7)
* signing petitions
* joining in boycots
* attending lawful demonstrations
* refusing to pay rent or taxes
* joining in wildcat strikes
* occupying buildings
* blocking traffic
The Protest Potential Scale was made from a combination of 2 questions:
A: In each case the response categories
were: (1)strongly approve (2) approve
(3) disapprove and (4) strongly
disapprove
B: For each of the 7 activities mentioned
above, respondents were asked wether
they (1) had done (2) would do, (3)
might do or(4) would never do such a
thing