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Publication Date: January 1992
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Fred Massarik
Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions
Keywords: Research; Sociology
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
In this article, the scientific director of the 1970 National Jewish Population Study comments on the political factors that affect Jewish demographic research and compares that study to the 1990 NJPS. Although large-scale surveys are a key tool for understanding Jewish populations, deeply probing interviews and ethnographic methods are also important research methodologies for obtaining in-depth knowledge about the American Jewish community today.