Study of Jazz Artists 2001: Respondent Driven Survey [United States]

Produced By: National Endowment for the Arts; Research Center for Arts and Culture, Teachers College Columbia University; San Francisco Study Center, 2003, New York, NY: Research Center for Arts and Culture, Teachers College Columbia University

Funding Agencies/Sponsors:

• National Endowment for the Arts
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• Grammy Foundation
• American Federation of Musicians
• American Federation of Musicians Local 802
• New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation
• Nathan Cummings Foundation

Author: Jeffri, Joan  (Research Center for Arts and Culture, Teachers College Columbia University)

Abstract (CPANDA): One of two surveys conducted for the Study of Jazz Artists 2001, the Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS) survey collected data from 733 jazz musicians in four metropolitan areas -- New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Detroit -- on their living and working situations. The study was conducted by the Research Center for Arts and Culture (RCAC) at Columbia University under a cooperative agreement with the National Endowment for the Arts and the San Francisco Study Center.

Methodology (CPANDA) : A peer recruitment sampling strategy, known as respondent-driven sampling (RDS), was employed to locate eligible respondents for the RDS study. Created by Cornell University sociologist Douglas Heckathorn, RDS was developed to overcome the biases traditionally associated with chain-referral sampling. (A detailed description of the theory and mathematical underpinnings of this sampling method may be found in the article, "Finding the beat: Using respondent-driven sampling to study jazz musicians," by Douglas D. Heckathorn and Joan Jeffri [Poetics 28 (2001) 307-329].) In-person interviews were completed with a total of 733 jazz musicians during the spring and summer of 2001 -- 264 in New York, 300 in San Francisco, 110 in New Orleans, and 59 in Detroit.

Access Conditions (CPANDA): For detailed information about conditions for use of CPANDA data collections, please see the End User Agreement posted on the CPANDA web site.

Access Conditions (Author): The data are available without restriction. Users of the data are requested to notify the Research Center for Arts and Culture (Research Center for Arts and Culture, Teachers College, Columbia University, Box 78, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027) about their intended uses of the data. Reports or publications based on the data should acknowledge the work of Columbia University to create the data. RCAC would appreciate receiving copies of reports or publications based on the data.