- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Household adults' attitudinal perceptions toward the homeless in Atlanta, Georgia, 1991
- Creator:
- Simpson, Alvin Tyrone
- Date of Original:
- 1991-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of household adults toward the homeless in a survey of residential subscribers to a major random digit telephone utility in the City of Atlanta, Georgia. The survey form for data collection used a Likert-type and thermometer-type instrument which was developed by the principal investigator and a panel of social scientists. Four dimensions were measured for the study: Attitudes, Cognitive, Sympathy, and Anomie. The findings have revealed that, although most of the respondents in the study's sample (N=504) perceive homelessness to be a serious problem, the poor state of their knowledge of the problem led to some attitudes that work against a municipal, state, and federal solution. Further research is needed on public attitudes toward the homeless, the homeless themselves, and the relationship between the two.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1991_simpson_alvin_t
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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