Political action
Subtitle: an eight nation study, 1973-1976
By: principal investigators, Samuel H. Barnes ... [et al.]
Series: ICPSR -- 7777; ICPSR (Series) -- 7777
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Political participation; Voting; Resistance to Government
Description: The wave of unrest of the late 1960s and early 1970s in advanced industrial societies provided the impetus for this cross-national study of the conventional and unconventional forms of political participation. National sample surveys were conducted during 1973-1976 in eight nations: Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, United States, Italy, Switzerland, and Finland. Surveys focused on the various forms and combinations of political activity ranging from voting to protest actions, and on individual propensities to perform these activities. Among the factors explored as contributors to varying political repertories are age, education, political values, ideological sophistication, deprivation, and policy satisfaction. National multistage probability samples were used to select a valid cross-section of the population 16 years of age and over in each of the eight countries. In addition to the cross-section sample, interviews were carried out to provide information on parent-child pairs. In sample households, which had any 16-20 year-old members, in addition to the respondent selected by the usual household listing selection procedure, a supplementary interview was conducted with the respective other member of the pair.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class I.

Data collected: 1973-1976.

The integrated cross-section dataset for the eight countries is available in two formats: a card-image file and an OSIRIS dataset. A file for the parent-child pairs is also available in card-image format and OSIRIS formats.

Card-image file: 17 decks per respondent; Cross section dataset: 12,588 respondents, 387 variables; Parent-child pairs: 1,632 pairs, 387 variables for each member (i.e. 744 variables)

Barnes, Samuel H., and Max Kaase, et al. Political Action: Mass Participation in Five Western Democracies. Beverly Hills and London: Sage Publications, 1979.