Convention delegate study, 1980 [United States]
By: principal investigators, Warren E. Miller, M. Kent Jennings and Barbara G. Farah
Series: ICPSR -- 8367; ICPSR (Series) -- 8367
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Number of pages: 668
Subjects: Political conventions; Political parties; Political participation
Description: These data examine the continuities and changes between 1972 and 1981 in the careers, political participation, issue preferences, and political perspectives of the group of political activists represented by delegates to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions during that period. Questions tap respondent attitudes toward the party and its nomination process, various issues and candidates, and political ideology. Information on the respondent's past political activity and attitudes toward political participation are also included.
Notes: Survey data.

A continuation of the 1972 Convention Delegate Study (ICPSR 7287).

ICPSR data class: Class II.

Data collected: 1972, 1981.

Personal interviews, and mail questionnaires.

United States.

OSIRIS and card-image formats, with SPSS control cards for each.

Part number: 1 ; part name: Cross-section ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 5,406 ; variable count: 511 ; logical record length: 667 ; records per case: 10.

Part number: 2 ; part name: Panel ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 3,067 ; variable count: 1,222 ; logical record length: 1,588 ; records per case: 24.

Census of respondents to 1972 delegate study and all delegates to 1976 and 1980 Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

Universe: Delegates to 1972, 1976 and 1980 party conventions.