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Professor of sociology and director of the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan, Ronald Freedman's research interests centered on population structure and social change. Freedman's papers consist of documentation from two large-scale survey analysis projects he was involved with, including survey questionnaires, data, and reports from Taiwan Population Studies, and Detroit Area Studies.

This collection documents only a fragment of Ronald Freedman's 40-year career as a teacher and a scholar at the University of Michigan. It contains materials related to two of his most notable studies, fertility practice and attitudes in Taiwan, and family growth in the Detroit area. The collection is divided into three series: Taiwan Population Studies: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP), Taiwan Population Studies Working Papers, and Detroit Area Studies.