Swiss voting study, 1972
By: principal investigators, Henry Kerr, Dusan Sidjanski and Gerhard Schmidtchen
Series: ICPSR -- 7342; ICPSR (Series) -- 7342
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Public opinion; Elections; Political parties; Political participation
Description: These data were collected by interview from February through June 1972, following the federal election. The data contain information on the attitudes toward the elections, parties, and the political preference of the respondent. Contemporary issues, such as the referendum, the initiative, and women's right to vote, were also probed. The demographic variables include age, sex, education, ethnic background, and family background information.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collection: 1972.

Switzerland.

1,917 respondents, 8 cards of data per respondent, 386 variables.

Kerr, Henry, and Graham Kalton. "Meinungsforschung in der Schweiz, die Problematik der Stichprobe," Konsonanz No. 36 (1973), pp. 1-19.

Kerr, Henry. Switzerland: Social Cleavages and Partisan Conflict, Sage Professional Paper in Contemporary Political Sociology, Vol. 11, no. 06-002 (1974), London and Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.

Kerr, Henry, and David Handley. "Conflits des Generations et Politique Etrangere en Swisse," Annuaire Suisse de Science Politique, Vol. 14 (1974), pp. 127-145.