Survey of Professional Ballet Dancers (1967)

Investigator: Ronald Federico

Population: Ballet Dancers

Identification method: Dancers employed in the ten professional ballet companies existing in the United States in 1966-1967.

Sampling procedure: Non random stratified (by sex and company position) sample of dancers was approached for personal interviews based on availability.

N and Response rate: 97 percent (146 of 150). Author reports approaching for interviews only dancers he believed likely to be willing.

Publication: Frederico, Ronald C. 1974. "Recruitment, Training and Performance: The Case of Ballet." Pp. 249-261 in Phyllis L. Steward and Muriel G. Cantor eds., Varieties of Work Experience: The Social Control of Occupational Groups and Roles. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Summary: A study of the recruitment and training process among ballet dancers.