Metadata record for The New York Times Mexico Survey, 1986

The New York Times Mexico Survey, 1986 The New York Times Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 1992-02-16 8666 doi://10.3886/ICPSR08666.v1

The New York Times conducted interviews with residents of Mexico to measure public opinion in that country on current social, economic, and political issues. Respondents were asked to comment on the state of the Mexican national economy, their personal political beliefs and party identification, views on the performance of the Mexican government, feelings toward the use of illegal drugs, religious practices, employment status and job description, educational attainments, income, and family composition. They also listed both the positive and negative aspects of life in the United States, compared them with life in Mexico, and gave their opinions on both the American government and the American people. Their attitudes toward the United States were judged in comparison with those for Spain, Cuba, Japan, the Soviet Union, France, and Columbia. They were also questioned about their feelings toward the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

UniverseScheme08666 ICPSR.XIV.C.2 IDRC.VI IDRC.II IDRC.III IDRC.VII drug use economic conditions families government effectiveness government expenditures government performance hational economy income international relations political affiliation political participation public opinion quality of life religious beliefs Global, Mexico 1986-10-28 1986-11-04 survey data Adult population of Mexico. National probability sample of 1,576 individuals living in communities greater than 2,499 inhabitants and a smaller, representative sample of 299 individuals living in communities with 1,000 to 2,499 inhabitants. personal interviews, and self-enumerated forms 1986-10-28 1986-11-04 ICPSR

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The variable, WEIGHT, applies to the national probability sample of 1,576 individuals living in communities with a population in excess of 2,499 but should not be applied for analysis of the 299 respondents living in smaller towns (individuals coded 1 in CITYSIZE, 36 in CITY, and 2 in FILTER). Hard-copy materials include a variable description list and questionnaire written in English and a list of codes and questionnaire written in Spanish. Only the variable description list contains the correct variable locations for this dataset. Column locations described in the Spanish language materials are not applicable.