The principal investigators were Serge Carlos and Daniel Latouche, in affiliation with the University of Montreal.
This survey was conducted in three waves, with replacement, two before the election in October 1973, and one immediately following it.
Phase 1 variables include: identification of parties fielding candidates in the election; identification of party leaders; relative importance of issues in campaign, including economy, Confederation, law and order, French language in Quebec; satisfaction with Bourassa government re: law and order, promotion of the French language, Quebec economy, relations with federal government; Quebec independence; Canadian federalism; preference for prime minister of Quebec; party presenting best program; party fielding best candidate; vote prediction; reason for vote preference; principal factor influencing vote; election outcome prediction; effect on economy of independence; 1970 provincial election vote recall;
Phase 1 demographic date: age; education; annual family income; occupation of head of household; occupation of respondents; language of interview; sex; tem and weekday of interview; no. person sin household greater than 18 years of age; age; mother tongue; region (geographic).
Phase 2 variables include: demographic variables as above; interest in election campaign; exposure to mass media re: election; discussions with family and friends; knowledge of and influence by results of public opinion polls; general vote for party most likely to succeed; campaign issues emphasized by parties, including economy, French language, law and order, future of Quebec; identification of two parties with most different platforms; vote prediction; reason for vote decision; principal factor influencing vote; election outcome prediction; composition of imaginary parliament with ten deputies; mass media party biases; individual's lack of influence on government; Quebec independence; Canadian federalism.
Phase 3 variables include: percentage votes received by Union Nationale; no. Creditiste deputies elected; no. votes received by each party as compared to R's expectations; relative importance of issues in voter decision; importance in voter decision of party leader, party platform, local candidate, candidates as a group; comparison between no. votes and no. candidates elected by party; principal factors in the relative success of each party; identification of local successful candidate; vote recall; influence of public opinion polls (pre-election); Quebec independence; Canadian federalism; reason for voting for Parti Quebecois and Parti Liberal; strength of the opposition; vote prediction; demographic variables as in phase 1.
The codebook for this dataset is available through the UBC Library catalogue, with call number JL258 .C374 1977.