Voting attitudes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1960
By: principal investigator, Glaucio Soares
Series: ICPSR -- 7047; ICPSR (Series) -- 7047
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Socal Research [distributor
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Elections; Public opinion; Voting
Description: The study was conducted in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sample, taken from the voting population of the city and stratified by electoral zones, was contacted two to four weeks before the presidential election. The study first establishes the amount of political information which the respondents received through the news media. Further variables ascertain their interest in the coming election, their past voting decisions, and their party preference. The respondents' perception of social class rating and their ideas about the distribution of wealth and improvement of living conditions are also explored. Demographic data include the respondents' occupation, education, age, marital status, race, sex, and socio-economic status.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: Aug. 1960.

International Data Library and Reference Service, Survey Research Center, University of California at Berkeley.

Brazil.

1,884 respondents, 1 card of data per respondent, and approximately 40 variables.