ASCII – NewYorkScapes

Immigrant Second Generation in Metropolitan New York

Andrew Zuliani — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:37:45 +0000

This dataset pertains to individuals between the ages of 18 and 32, from immigrant families, and residing in New York city and a selection of surrounding areas. It examines the success or complication of assimilation of immigrants and children from families that immigrated from a number of countries including the former Soviet Union, Taiwan, Ecuador, Peru, and the West Indies.

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Racial Attitudes in Fifteen American Cities, 1968

Andrew Zuliani — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:31:48 +0000

To summarize: This study explores attitudes and perceptions related to urban problems and race relations in 15 northern cities of the United States (Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Gary, Milwaukee, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Washington, DC). More specifically, it seeks to define the social and psychological…

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National Crime Surveys: Cities, 1972-1975

Andrew Zuliani — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:56:57 +0000

This sample of the National Crime Survey contains information about victimization in 26 central cities in the United States. The data are designed to achieve three primary objectives: 1) to develop detailed information about the victims and consequences of crime, 2) to estimate the numbers and types of crimes not reported to police, and 3) to provide uniform measures of selected types of crimes…

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Deterrent Effects of the New York Juvenile Offender Law, 1974-1984

Andrew Zuliani — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:01:26 +0000

This data collates monthly counts of arrests of juveniles for violent crime as reported by by police jurisdictions. Data are presented in counts broken down by type of crime; jurisdictions are grouped into regions. The original study was longitudinal and designed to assess the effects of the New York Juvenile Offender Law (1978) on incidences of violent crime by juveniles.

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Price Quotations in Early United States Securities Markets, 1790-1860

Andrew Zuliani — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:51:17 +0000

The data consists of compiled public securities as listed in newspapers from the period 1786 to 1862; the full set of files cover a number of U.S. cities plus London, and among the areas covered is New York. The data is encoded as prices over a span of time (at the level of detail of year, month, and day) described here as a run. Issuers of the securities are named, and are grouped by commercial…

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Tax and Census Records, New York City, 1789-1790 and 1810

Nicholas Wolf — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:23:30 +0000

The objective of this data collection was to examine inequalities of wealth and the geographic distribution of wealthy individuals in late 18th- and early 19th-century New York and to investigate wealth in relationship to occupation and location. For this study, the entire set of tax assessment records and United States Census records for New York City were computerized and occupational status was added for all entries. The collection addresses topics such as social class structure, demographic factors, occupational status and geographic distribution, property values and geographic distribution, and the relationship of these factors to the political system. Units of analysis were individual property owners and renters for the tax assessment data and heads of households for the census data. Data collected included the individual's name, address, occupation, sex, and race, the type, quantity, and value of real and personal property, and the type and occupancy of the structure at the address. Occupational data from city directories were used to supplement the tax and census data.

Electoral and Demographic Data for New York, 1830-1875

Andrew Zuliani — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:22:30 +0000

Data focused on the electoral and demographic history of New York State. Files derived from federal and states censuses, New York State Negro Suffrage Referenda Returns, New York State Liquor License Referendum Returns, New York State Assembly documents, counts of churches and church membership by denomination, and New York State election returns.

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