Canadian National Election Study, 1984 (ICPSR 8544)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
Ronald D. Lambert, University of Waterloo; Steven D. Brown, Wilfrid Laurier University; James E. Curtis, University of Waterloo; Barry J. Kay, Wilfrid Laurier University; John M. Wilson, University of Waterloo

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08544.v1

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Summary

Topics covered in this survey include the respondent's interest in politics in general and in the 1984 Federal Election in particular, political trust, respondent assessment of the most important issues in the 1984 election, party identification at both the federal and provincial level, exposure to the campaign including the television debates, respondent's vote and reasons for that decision, attitudes towards the parties and their leaders, feeling thermometer ratings of party leaders and various groups, attitudes toward social class, and various other social and political attitudes. Background information such as education, occupation, religion, language, and group memberships was also obtained from respondents. In addition, the interview data were augmented with information about the socio-demographic and political characteristics of the consituency in which each respondent resided.

Citation

Lambert, Ronald D., Brown, Steven D., Curtis, James E., Kay, Barry J., and Wilson, John M. Canadian National Election Study, 1984. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08544.v1

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Funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) (411-83-0006)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1984-10 -- 1985-02

Date of Collection

1984-10 -- 1985-02
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Sample

Four-stage stratified sample.

Universe

Population of Canada aged 18 years and over with the following exceptions: the Northwest Territories and Yukon, some inaccessible and sparsely populated areas in each province, inmates of institutions and inhabitants of lumber and mining camps, members of the armed forces not living at home, and persons living on Indian reservations.

Data Source

personal interviews, and (1) Reports of Chief Electoral Officers, (2) PARLIAMENTARY GUIDE/HANDBOOK, and (3) STATISTICS CANADA. 1981 CENSUS OF CANADA CATALOGUE 95-941 (VOLUME 3-PROFILE SERIES B) FEDERAL ELECTION DISTRICTS

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Original Release Date

1986-11-07

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Lambert, Ronald D., Steven D. Brown, James E. Curtis, Barry J. Kay, and John M. Wilson. Canadian National Election Study, 1984. ICPSR08544-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 198?. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08544.v1
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