The study was conducted by Daniel J. Koenig, from the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria. The data was collected through mail questionnaires using a random sample of voters on the 1974 federal voters lists for B.C.
This was part of a continuing series of surveys which are intended to evaluate satisfactions and dissatisfactions of British Columbia voters. This survey assesses recent and provincial and federal legislation, as well as the performance of British Columbia's political parties and their leaders. The questionnaires were mailed out nine days before the B.C. provincial election.
Variables include: 5pt. scale of agreement with several aspects of federal wage and price controls, and provincial government's Bill 146 outlawing strikes and lockouts in certain industries; satisfaction with other provincial legislation including Mineral Royalties Act; land freeze, ICBC; opinions on causes of inflation, unemployment, housing; satisfaction with past election results, including federal and provincial vote recall, provincial vote intention, provincial vote prediction; evaluation of performance of former Social Credit government and present NDP government in B.C.; evaluation of B.C. political parties and party leaders on ability, honesty, practicality, responsiveness, trustworthiness; comparison of current and former provincial Social Credit and NDP party leaders on ability, honesty, practicality, responsiveness, trustworthiness.
Demographic variables include: sex, age, marital status, education, occupation, employer, religion, gross family income, general community size indicator, organizational membership.
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