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Item Houston's Ethnic Communities: Findings from the Thirteenth Year of the Houston Area Survey(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 1994) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item Houston’s Ethnic Communities, Third Edition: Updated and Expanded to Include the First-Ever Survey of the Asian Communities(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 1996) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item Houston's Economic and Demographic Transformations: Findings from the Expanded 2002 Survey of Houston's Ethnic Communities(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2002) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item Public Perceptions in Remarkable Times: Tracking Change Through 24 Years of Houston Surveys(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2005) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item Houston Area Survey (1982-2007): Findings from the 26th Annual Survey(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2007) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item An Historical Overview of Immigration in Houston, Based on the Houston Area Survey(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2008) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item The Houston Area Survey: Central Findings from Year 28(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2009) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item The Kinder Houston Area Survey-2010: Perspectives on a City in Transition(Rice University, 2010) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item The Kinder Houston Area Survey-2011: From the 30th Year of Houston Surveys(Rice University, 2011) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item The Houston Arts Survey: Participation, Perceptions, and Prospects(Rice University, 2012) Klineberg, Stephen L.; Wu, Jie; Aldape, Celina L.What issues most clearly determine their attendance (and non-attendance) at arts performances? How strongly do they support arts education in the public schools? How much importance do they attach to the arts in defining the quality of life in urban America? Which matters most to them – excellent music and theater or great sports teams and stadiums? How much support is there among Harris County residents in general for strengthening the quality and visibility of the arts in the Houston area? These are important questions to ask the general public, perhaps especially so today, at this remarkable moment in Houston’s history.Item The Kinder Houston Area Survey-2012: Perspectives on a city in transition(Rice University, 2012) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item Houston Region Grows More Ethnically Diverse, With Small Declines in Segregation. A Joint Report Analyzing Census Data from 1990, 2000, and 2010(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2012) Emerson, Michael O.; Bratter, Jenifer; Howell, Junia; Jeanty, WilnerHouston’s population grew substantially between 1990 and 2010. Between 2000 and 2010, the Houston metropolitan area added more people (over 1.2 million) than any other metropolitan area in the United States. That growth has brought important changes to the region. This report focuses on two such changes—the changes in racial/ethnic diversity and in residential segregation between the four major racial/ethnic groups.Item Houston Area Asian Survey: Diversity and Transformation Among Asians in Houston: Findings from the Kinder Institute's Houston Area Asian Survey (1995, 2002, 2011)(Rice University, 2013) Klineberg, Stephen L.; Wu, JieDrawing on three surveys taken of Houston's Asian population in 1995, 2002 and 2011, this report documents the distinctiveness of the Asian experience and explores the most important differences in life circumstances, attitudes and beliefs among the area's four largest Asian communities – Vietnamese, Indians/Pakistanis, Chinese/Taiwanese and Filipinos.Item The 2012 Houston Education Survey: Public Perceptions in a Critical Time(Rice University, 2013) Klineberg, Stephen L.; Wu, Jie; Douds, KiaraThis report presents some of the most important findings from the Houston Education Survey, the second of three focused surveys that are together called the “SHEA” studies (“Surveys of Health, Education, and the Arts”). Supported by a grant from Houston Endowment Inc., this research project was designed to assess the experiences, beliefs, and attitudes of Harris County residents with regard to these three critical areas of life in the Houston area. The separate surveys complement Rice University’s “Kinder Institute Houston Area Survey,” which for 32 years (1982-2013) has been tracking America’s fourth largest city in the midst of fundamental transformation.Item The 32nd Kinder Institute Houston Area Survey: Tracking Responses to the Economic and Demographic Transformations(Rice University, 2013) Klineberg, Stephen L.Item How Public Space is Used in Ancient Cities: The Case of Songo Mnara, a Medieval Swahili City in Tanzania(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2013) Fleisher, JeffreyThis paper will discuss a number of ancient and contemporary examples of public space to explore the important distinctions between how they were planned and built, and how they were shaped by subsequent events and practices. Then, using Songo Mnara as a case study, I describe the research at the site and the interpretations of the public spaces in this ancient urban setting.Item ‘Making Babies': Religion and Moral Diversity in Views on Abortion and Human Genetic Engineering(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2013) Laws, Terri; Emerson, Michael O.; Wadsworth, W. DuncanThis white paper using PALS data discusses how race, gender, and frequency of attendance at worship services can impact attitudes about the morality of abortion, the use of genetic engineering to guide child characteristics as well as the basis for moral views. The majority of whites and Hispanics say they base their moral views on their personal conscience. The majority of African Americans, however, say that they base their moral views on God’s law. Attitudes about the morality of abortion are influenced by frequency of religious worship. Respondents who said they attend worship services two or more times per month are most likely to believe that abortion ought to be restricted. Women were more likely than men to say that using human engineering to make a smarter baby is “always wrong.” This paper suggests that moral diversity and diverse moral messaging remain important aspects of American life. Furthermore, for some communities, religious messaging has a clear impact on their attitudes about the use of medical technologies. These influences are important to take into account in public policy debates such as accessibility to and funding for medical research.Item Exceptional Political Participation among African Americans: Countering the Overall Decline(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2013) Emerson, Michael O.; Peifer, Jared L.Americans, in general, have become less political active from 2006 to 2012. However, blacks have countered this trend with increased political participation. This black exceptionalism remains when narrowing the sample to respondents that voted for Obama in 2008. This suggests Obama’s status as the first black President is responsible for this increased political participation among blacks.Item Religious Change and Continuity in the United States: 2006-2012(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2013) Emerson, Michael O.; Essenburg, Laura J.Examining the same adult Americans from 2006 to 2012, this report explores how Americans have changed and stayed the same in their religious beliefs and practices. We find that 15% of adult Americans switched religious traditions during this period, with nearly 40% of those switchers exiting religious traditions altogether. The next most common move was to Evangelical Protestantism from other faith traditions, including some who in 2006 were not in a religious tradition. We also find substantial volatility in worship attendance and congregational switching. Only 45% of adult Americans attend worship with the same frequency in 2012 as they did in 2006, and over one-third switched congregations. Other changes identified in this report are a declining confidence in clergy, an increased confidence in faith and God’s care, and a substantial jump in the proportion of Americans who view all religions with equal respect.Item What is Marriage? Americans Dividing(Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2013) Emerson, Michael O.; Essenburg, Laura J.Debates have swirled around the legal definition of marriage, as U.S. states and indeed national governments consider the issue. This report draws on the longitudinal Portraits of American Life Study (PALS) to examine how the adult American public defines legal marriage, and whether that definition is changing over time. Interviewing the same 1294 Americans in 2006 and 2012, we track responses to the statement, “the only legal marriage should be between one man and one woman.” The findings include that in both years, the slight majority of adult Americans agree with the statement, and there was no significant overall change between 2006 and 2012. Yet, many Americans changed their minds over the period (some changing from agreeing to disagreeing, others from disagreeing to agreeing). The patterned manner in who changed their minds resulted in more division in 2012 than in 2006 in how Americans define marriage. Specifically, divisions have grown along educational, religious, and age lines. The patterns suggest a growing cultural divide across the nation.