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L.A.FANS Public Use Data

The Public Use Data contain treated individual characteristics. This means that some data are top-coded (e.g. income) or coded in broader categories (e.g. ethnicity), as described in the codebook. The Public Use Data exclude detailed information that is likely to enable indirect identification of L.A.FANS respondents. Some items listed in the questionnaires, such as employer names and addresses, will not be included in any version of the data. See the codebook for information about individual variables.

Data collection for L.A.FANS-1 began in April 2000 and ended in mid-January 2002. The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) now manages the distribution of the L.A.FANS 1 Public Use Data. L.A.FANS data are no longer available from this website. Please see http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/DSDR/STUDY/22940.xml for details on how to register for data access.

L.A.FANS-2 Public Use Data are expected to be released in early 2010.

Researchers using the Public Use Data agree not to distribute the data to other persons outside of their project. Others who are interested in obtaining a copy of the Public Use Data should register and obtain their own copy.

Data librarians and archivists must meet specific conditions to include the public use data in their collections.