This study was conducted by J.A. Laponce, from the Department of Political Science at. University of British Columbia.
This dataset draws from a survey of residents in the federal riding of Burrard in Vancouver, British Columbia, just prior to and after the 1963 federal election.
Variables include: date of interview; polling place; 1962 federal election vote recall; last provincial election vote recall; vote intention today; feeling thermometer on Communist Party, NDP, Liberal, Progressive Conservative, Social Credit party; feelings about Deifenbaker, Pearson, Thompson, Douglas as friendly, active, powerful, for new ideas, for socialism; what parties do rich people vote for, average people, poor people, farmers, blue collar workers, white collar workers, university professors, doctors, Catholics, Anglicans, United Church members, Jews, Canadian Chinese, French Canadians, young people, older people; 1963 federal election vote recall;major dangers menacing Canada, including communism, capitalism, Red China, England, United States, Jews, Catholics, protestants, trade unions, big business, USSR; how would R's parents, spouse vote; length of residence in district; where educated; relative importance of prime minister vs house of commons; opinions on strictness of schools, nuclear weapons, US as ally, honesty of politicians, death penalty, frequency of election, government pay for doctors, astrology.
Demographic: sex, age, month of birth, religion, ethnic origin, trade union membership, political party membership, education; interviewer rating of socio-economic status, estimated value of residence.
The data was collected through personal interviews of a random sample of voters registered on Vancouver-Burrard electoral list.
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