RESEARCH REPORT

 
 
I. RESEARCH QUESTION

Does a person's SEX cause them to FEAR when they walk alone in their neighborhood at

night?
 
 
 
II. METHODS
 
Description of the General Social Survey
 
The GSS monitors societal change and studies the growing complexity of American
society. The GSS provides an unbiased opinion on what Americans think about issues as national
spending priorities, crime and punishment, intergroup relations, and institutions. It is conducted
by National Dara Program for the Social Sciences. The respondents are adults 18 years and
older.
 
 
Hypothesis & Justification for the Hypothesis
 
Women in general tend to fear certain neighborhoods when walking alone at night due to
its criminal activity around that area. 
 
 
Description of the Variables
 
1.Women in general tend to fear more than men when walking alone at night in their
neighborhoods.

2.  Is there any area right around here - that is, within a mile - where you would be afraid
to walk alone at night?

 
 

 III. FINDINGS
 
Analysis of the Independent Variable (Paste the table here and describe it.)
 
 
 SE
X   Respondents sex

Text of this Question or Item

23. Code respondent's sex

  Percent   N   Value   Label

  44.1   28,614   1   MALE
  55.9   36,200   2   FEMAL
E
  100.0   64,814       Total

Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data code: 0
Record/column: 1/297

  In this table you can see that 44.1% are male respondents while 55.9% are female.
 
Analysis of the Dependent Variable (Paste the table here and describe it.)
 
 

FEA
R   Afraid to walk at night in neighborhood

Text of this Question or Item

233. Is there any area right around here - that is, within a
mile - where you would be afraid to walk alone at night?

  Percent   N   Value   Label

  39.8   15,701   1   YES
  60.2   23,740   2   NO
      25,042   0   IAP
     263   8   DK
     68   9   NA
  100.0   64,814       Total

Properties
Data type: numeric
Missing-data codes: 0,8,9
Record/column: 1/1079

 
 In this table you can see that 64,814 respondents answered the table, where 39.8% saying
that they did fear walking alone at night, while 60.2% answered no.

Crosstab of the Independent and Dependent Variables (Paste the table here and describe it.)
 

The effects of gender on fear in the neighborhood

Respondent’s fears
 to walking
Cells contain:  alone at night in their
-Column percent  neighborhoods
-Weighted N
1 2 ROW
YES NO TOTAL

46.0
26.2 58.2 18,171.
1: MALE
3,961.9 14,209.4
3

54.0
73.8 41.8 21,355.
Respondent’s SEX 2: FEMALE
11,141.0 10,214.5
5

100.0 100.0 100.0

COL 15,102. 24,423. 39,526.
TOTAL
9 9 8

In this table you can see how many females versus males are afraid of waking at night in
their neighborhood. It shows that 73.8% of women fear walking alone at night compared to only
26.2% of males who also do.

IV. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH

 
Conclusion:
 
My hypothesis is that women tend to fear walking alone at night more in comparison to
men. In my GSS data, my hypothesis was correct over 73% of females said yes to fearing
walking at night while only 26.2% of males feared walking alone at night. Overall, females have
more to fear when walking alone at night compared to men. 
 
 
Future Research:
 
In the future, I would like to consider the role of someone who is transgender. How
walking alone at night in certain neighborhoods affects them. Transgender people have always
been a target to those that oppose their nature. Including their opinion will open the subject to
more than just women and men. 
 
V. REFERENCES.
 

- General Social Survey (GSS): NORC at the University of Chicago, 2014 Available at:
https://www.norc.org/Research/Projects/Pages/general-social-survey.aspx.
Retrieved December 9, 2020.

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For your info, the sections and the corresponding assignment numbers are listed below:

I. RESEARCH QUESTION (W6L1)

II. METHODS

Description of the General Social Survey (WK10-L1A)   

Hypothesis & Justification for the Hypothesis (W7L2)

Description of the Variables (WK10-L2)

III. FINDINGS

Analysis of the Independent Variable (Paste the table here and describe it.) (WK10-L3)

Analysis of the Dependent Variable (Paste the table here and describe it.) (WK10-L4)

Crosstab of the Independent and Dependent Variables (Paste the table here and describe
it.) (WK10-L5)

IV. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH

Conclusion (WK11-L1)

Future research (WK11-L2)

V. REFERENCES (WK14L1; WK14L2)