DOI: 10.3886/icpsr07048.v1
title: World Survey II: Attitudes Toward Domestic and Foreign Affairs, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1964
title: Version 1

description: This United States Information Agency (USIA) study was conducted in February and March of 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In its survey of 466 respondents aged 18+, the study explored respondent attitudes toward Brazilian national affairs such as standard of living, population control, Brazilian political parties and their leaders, Brazil's stand in the conflict between communist and anti-communist ideologies.  
Variables concerned with international affairs examined the respondents' views on the achievements and foreign policies of the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as respondent opinions about the nuclear test ban and disarmament, the position of the United Nations, and respondent attitudes towards the Alliance for Progress. 
The study also focused on Fidel Castro and his impact on life in Cuba in addition to his influence on Brazil, and the treatment of Blacks in France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and South Africa. 
Demographic data include the respondents' occupation, marital status, sex, age, and education.
description: The study was conducted to explore attitudes of respondents living in Rio de Janeiro toward Brazilian national issues such as standard of living, population control, political participation and attitudes towards national political parties and leaders, and asked respondents their preferred news media. The study also looked at international issues such as the influence of the United States, Cuba, and Communist countries on Brazil and other Latin American countries. In addition, the study asked about respondent perceptions of the treatment of Blacks around the world and in the United States.
description: Surveys were administered between February and March of 1964 to a sample of respondents who were 18 years and older from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The survey was comprised of face-to-face interviews with respondents, using a set questionnaire.  The United States Information Agency served as project director.
description: The survey contained these groups of variables:

Attitudes on Brazilian national issues, such as domestic problems and needs, satisfaction with current standard of living, desired political participation, political influence of different power groups, and attitudes toward political parties and their leaders.; 
Attitudes on international issues, such as United States support to Latin American military juntas, toward the Alliance for Progress and the United Nations.; 
Attitudes on the conflict between communism and anti-communism, and the economic influence of the United States and the Soviet Union on Brazil as well as the achievements, foreign policies, and nuclear testban and disarmament stances of the United States and the Soviet Union.; 
Attitudes towards Fidel Castro and his impact on Cuba and his influence on Brazil.; 
Perceptions of treatment of Blacks by France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and South Africa.; 
Preferred news media, including newspapers and radio.; 
Personal information, including occupation, union membership, marital status, political party preference, sex, age group, and education.;
description: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of 
				disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major 
				statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to 
				these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
			   		Performed consistency checks.; Standardized missing values.; Created online analysis version with question text..
description: Presence of Common Scales: 
					Likert-type scales were used.
description: Datasets: 
					
						DS1: World Survey II:  Attitudes Toward Domestic and Foreign Affairs, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1964
description: face-to-face interview
description: Population of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aged 18 and older.
				   		Smallest Geographic Unit: none
description: The data collection is a cross-sectional survey of respondents 18 years or older living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.