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A description of the history, goals, & operation of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP). ISSP is a collaboration of social science institutes in twenty-one countries designed to unite social science projects & coordinate research goals so as to bring a cross-national perspective to individual studies. 1 Table. Modified AA

Racial labels for blacks have changed several times over the last century. These changes are described & their social & psychological causes are considered. Changes in racial terminology are examined by content analysis of media use & surveys of public preferences. 4 Tables, 37 References.

The impact of the televangelist scandals of 1987/88 on the public's religious beliefs & behaviors was assessed with data from 31 adult time series & 13 youth time series, selected to measure attitudes on a range of topics -- TV evangelists, contributions to TV church services, clergy assessment, organized religion, fundamentalist beliefs, etc. Changes in attitudes before, during, & after the scandals about Jim Bakker, Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, & Jimmy Swaggert were most evident in questions about TV evangelists & organized religion; 15 adult time series showed an effect, while 5 showed an effect for the youth. While fundamentalist behavior & religious preference showed few changes, standard religious behaviors were unexpectedly affected negatively. 3 Appendixes, 7 References. J. Sadler

Effect of the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals on American public opinion of religion and the electronic church; based on data from 44 public opinion polls.

Changes in the preferred term used by Blacks to identify themselves, particularly since 1940; US.

The Kinsey Instit/Roper Organization National Sex Knowledge Survey (see Reinisch, June M., & Beasley, Ruth, The Kinsey Institute New Report on Sex: What You Must Know to Be Sexually Literate, New York: St. Martin's, 1990) tries to measure how well-informed Americans are about sex. The test is flawed however by the lack of recent, reliable, & representative survey data to verify factual conditions that are inquired about in the questions. The lack of well-established information on the demography of sexual behavior makes many of the correct answers to test questions uncertain. As a result, the test itself lacks validity. In Intent and Purpose of the Kinsey Institute/Roper Organization National Sex Knowledge Survey: A Rejoinder, Stephanie A. Sanders, Mary Ziemba-Davis, Craig A. Hill, & June M. Reinisch (The Kinsey Instit for Research in Sex, Gender, & Reproduction, Indiana U, Bloomington) address selected issues about the construction & validity of a national survey of sex knowledge. The survey was designed to evaluate whether the topics & questions most often asked of the Kinsey Instit reflect the general concerns & lack of information among Americans at large. The Roper Organization collaborated on the survey & included it in their fall 1989 national poll in which a statistically representative sample of 1,974 US adults were interviewed face-to-face. Not only is the type of information assessed in the survey of general concern to many people, but their knowledge, or lack of it, may affect behavior in ways that increase risk for unintended pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. It is argued that although there are limitations on the data that exist on human sexuality, personal & public health concerns warrant the communication of scientific findings & current best estimates of the prevalence of various sexual behaviors as well as popular perceptions regarding these behaviors. Modified AA