The Mexican American Study Project II (MASP II), 1998-2000
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s)
Vilma Ortiz, University of California-Los Angeles; Edward E. Telles, Princeton University
In an original study conducted in 1965, Leo Grebler, Joan Moore, and Ralph Guzman surveyed Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas, and Los Angeles, California. The first survey provided a rich cross-sectional view of this population's demographics and attitudes, Ortiz and Telles' 35 year follow-up now allows for a longitudinal view of the behavior and ethnic identification of first- through fourth-generation Mexican Americans in these areas. The new survey was used to test hypotheses related to Mexican Americans' social mobility, their ethnic identity and behavior, their experiences with discrimination, and the relationship between socioeconomic status and ethnic identity. Data includes birth dates, citizenship information, education, income, housing, language, medical, religious affiliations, immediate and extended family demographic information, and self perception in regards to ethnicity. There are four versions of the survey, "Child Respondents" in English and Spanish and "Informant Respondents" in English and Spanish. Additionally each survey includes an interviewer questionnaire, which asks interviewers to document their observations of the respondent's home (interior and exterior), cooperation, behavior, language proficiency, and gender.
Funding
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD033436), Russell Sage Foundation, Haynes Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, California Policy Seminar.
Description of masP data - Version V2 (2011)
Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms
citizenship demographic characteristics educational background ethnic identity gang members gender roles generations Hispanic or Latino Americans holidays home ownership housework housing conditions housing occupancy illegal immigrants immigrants income marital status Mexican Americans neighborhoods occupations political affiliation race race relations religious affiliation social networks spouses voting behavior
Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage
San Antonio United States Texas Los Angeles California
Smallest Geographic Unit View help for Smallest Geographic Unit
county
Distributor(s) View help for Distributor(s)
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Scope of Project
Time Period(s) View help for Time Period(s)
2000 (1998--2000)
Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection
2000 (1998--2002)
Methodology
Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
The Mexican American Study Project is a study on intra- and inter-generational change and persistence in ethnic identity and behavior, as well as socio-economic mobility among Mexican Americans in Los Angeles, California, and San Antonio, Texas. This study sheds light on the progress of Mexican Americans, the progeny of the largest and longest-lasting immigration to the United States.
Sample View help for Sample
The study is longitudinal and therefore uses two samples:
1. a random sample of Mexican Americans in 1965 in Los Angeles County and San Antonio City
2. A follow-up sample of the first sample respondents (that survived and could be interviewed) and a sample of their children.
For more information on methodology, please consult Chapter 3 (“The Mexican American Study Project”) of Telles, Edward and Vilma Ortiz. 2008. Generations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans, Assimilation and Race. New York: Russel Sage Foundation Press.
Universe View help for Universe
Two stages: (1) Mexican American adults in Los Angeles County, California, and the City of San Antonio, Texas, 1965-1966. (2) a. The surviving respondents of Stage 1 that were age 50 or less at the time of the 1965-1966 survey, in 1998-2002. (2) b. The children that had lived in their household at the time of the 1965-1966 survey, in 1998-2002.
Unit(s) of Observation View help for Unit(s) of Observation
individual, household
Data Type(s) View help for Data Type(s)
Mode of Data Collection View help for Mode of Data Collection
face-to-face interview paper and pencil interview (PAPI) on-site questionnaire
Version(s)
Original Release Date View help for Original Release Date
2011-03-15
Version History View help for Version History
2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
Ortiz, Vilma, and Edward E. Telles. The Mexican American Study Project II (MASP II), 1998-2000. ICPSR28481-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-03-29. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28481.v2
2011-03-29 (1) The title of this study has been changed to The Mexican American Study Project II (MASP II). (2) The time period has been changed to 1998-2000.
2011-03-15 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:
Performed consistency checks.
Created variable labels and/or value labels.
Standardized missing values.
Created online analysis version with question text.
Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.