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Mar 31, 2010 - Murray Research Archive Dataverse
Anibal Perez-Linan; Andrea Castagnola, 2010, "Replication data for: Presidential Control of High Courts in Latin America: A Long-Term View (1904-2006)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NJKKHL, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:VJZQPV6dJmlfbFeeIDsmFA== [fileUNF]
In many Latin American countries the executive branch manipulates the composition of the Supreme Court, and judicial independence has remained elusive. Because high courts can exercise judicial review and influence lower courts, incoming presidents often force the resignation of adversarial justices or “pack” the courts with friends. One indicator... |
Mar 2, 2010 - Murray Research Archive Dataverse
Robert I. Rotberg; Rachel M. Gisselquist, 2009, "Index of African Governance - 2009 Release", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VUYHJG, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:ZFFXn1EaZT/su0LXHOEJdQ== [fileUNF]
The Index of African Governance is a project to measure and assess the quality of governance across Africa's fifty-three countries. It focuses on performance in five areas: Safety and Security; the Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Opportunity; and Human Development. Using 57 indicators,... |
Bradford, Judith; Ryan, Caitlin; The National Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation, 1988, "National Lesbian Health Care Survey, 1984-1985", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FO1ZJQ, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:jODrJRmSFcydW9+ctnmd4w== [fileUNF]
The National Lesbian Health Care Survey originated from a recognition of the need for accurate information about the health and health care needs of lesbians. The study was designed to explore the broad range of health issues and health care needs as defined by lesbians throughout the United States. For the purpose of this survey, health was define... |
Nov 27, 2007 - Original Murray Collection
Earls, Felton J., 1992, "Adolescent Health Care Evaluation Study, 1984-1991", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/24MKKY, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:C1ofqxgde+AHGjIBOyZVzQ== [fileUNF]
This longitudinal study was originally designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a large scale program to improve health care for high-risk adolescents. Data were gathered from seven of the clinics receiving funding from the program and three comparison clinics. The first two waves of data were collected in 1984-1985 (N=2,788) and 1985-1986 (N=2,41... |
Moen, Phyllis, 2024, "Cornell Retirement and Well Being Study, 1994-1999", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/H3AWTH, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:9no5L1cbYyiW0VmP0aqX+w== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to explore pathways in and out of paid work and unpaid community service, as well as the implications of different trajectories for well-being in later life. The study investigated the transition to and life during retirement by following both male and female older workers and retirees over a five-year per... |
Southwest Institute for Research on Women, 2022, "Coping and Health Among Older Urban Widows, 1984-1986", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OBQXC5, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This longitudinal study was designed to identify the strategies that help Mexican American and Anglo widows cope most effectively with stress following bereavement. A particular goal of the study was to explore both the different needs of Mexican American widows compared to Anglo widows, and some of the ways psychological studies must be adapted to... |
Gilligan, Carol, 2002, "Abortion Decision Study, 1975-1976", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/A88SEA, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This study was designed to study women's responses to real moral dilemmas with a specific focus on identity and morality. Participants included twenty-nine women who were referred to the study by abortion and pregnancy counseling services. The women were interviewed during their first trimester of pregnancy at a time when they were considering havi... |
Nov 27, 2007 - Original Murray Collection
Jackson, James, 1980, "National Survey of Black Americans, 1979-1980", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZJY6A6, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:uhup4AEz6Dcnjx8E3YY+Kw== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this study was to provide an appropriate theoretical and empirical approach to concepts, measures, and methods in the study of black Americans. The questionnaire was developed over two years with input from social scientists, students, and a national advisory panel of black scholars. The final instrument is comprehensive, encompassin... |
Grebler, Leo; Moore, Joan W.; Guzman, Ralph C., 1998, "Mexican American Study Project, 1965-1966", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HIAW8R, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:Z1j3SQD+P/ONCiG842cX3g== [fileUNF]
The goal of the Mexican American Study Project was to conduct a comprehensive study of the experience and position of Mexican Americans using an interdisciplinary approach; the study was the most comprehensive study of this population at the time. The head of the household or the spouse from 949 Mexican American households in Los Angeles and 607 ho... |
Claudio Cioffi-Revilla; David Lai, 2018, "Replication data for: Chinese Warfare and Politics in the Ancient East Asian International System, ca. 2700 B.C. to 722 B.C.", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PKPMZS, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:5lvqfhpw9yrrVCC6ScD+mg== [fileUNF]
The international system that gradually emerged in ancient East Asia-beginning at ca. 3000 B.C. is the second oldest "protobellic area" and pristine state system of international relations. West Asia (ancient Near East) is the oldest. In a previous study (Cioffi-Revilla and Lai 1995) using an earlier version of the data set presented in this paper... |
