query: LA data

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From: dreier at oxy.edu

Colleagues:

I could use your help on something I'm writing and need to flesh out with
some additional data.  I want to say something about how "connected" Los
Angeles folks are compared with their counterparts in other cities (the
so-called "bowling alone" thesis). Do you have (or know where I can find)
any data -- about Los Angeles (city, county, metro area) on its own, or in
comparison with other areas -- on any of the following indicators:
         o voter turnout
         o proportion of adults who read a daily newspaper
         o proportion of adults who says they know their neighbors
         o proportion of adults who are members of voluntary organizations
         o proportion of adults in labor unions
         o proportion of adults who attend church or synagogue

Anything data that might be used as indicators of "connectedness" would be
very helpful. Let me know. Thanks.

Peter

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Peter Dreier
Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics
Director, Urban & Environmental Policy Program
Urban & Environmental Policy Institute
Occidental College
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041
Phone: (323) 259-2913
FAX: (323) 259-2734