List of Variables in Canada 87 Survey and All87

v1 'Soviet goals': labels v1 1 'Dest' 2 'Exp' 3 'Cons'/

v2 'soviet risk': v2 1 'Cons' 2 'Dest' 3 'Exp'/

v3 'view of West': v3 1 'Dest' 2 'Cons' 3 'Exp'/

 

v4 'trade with Soviets': 1 'Nothing' 2 'non-strat' 3 'Anything'/

v5 'military spending': 1 'Build' 2 'Same' 3 'Cut'/

v6 'afghan': 1 'Defensive Move by Soviets' 2 'We can Balance' 3 'New phase in Cold War'/

 

For the following, 5 point ordinal scale where 1='Strongly Agree' 5="Strongly Disagree'

v7 'agree with reagan FP' v8 'declining SL'

v9 'Us should be superior' v10 'end apartheid'

v11 '3rd world exploited' v12 'war in 10 yrs'

v13 ' Our Govt is too passive' v14 'be tough'

v15 'no difference us-ussr' v16 'We Should help un'

v17 'US should lead nato' v18 'we impover 3rd world'

v19 ' Proud of son in military'

 

Best way to handle a dispute in US-Cdn relations is: v20 'personal diplomacy'

v21 'quiet diplo' v22 'public diplo'

 

Image our leader should project to world:

v23 'compassion' v24 'faithful ally'

v25 'tough opponent' v26 'wise statesman'

v27 'peacemaker' v28 'dynamic leader'

v29 'cautious & street-wise'

v30 'more domestic focus, less int'l'

 

Best Career background for our leader is:

v31 'md' v32 'military' v33 'business'

v34 'politician' v35 'educ' v36 'artist'

v37 'lawyer'

v38 'too much milit influence' on our govt

v39 'say no to terrorist' v40 'declining coop'

Section on Intervention:

v41 'means of intervent' v42 'racial'

v43 'torture' v44 'Cuban-style' v45 'UN'

v46 'civil war' v47 'Unilateral'

We should have more FP ties with:

v48 'Britain' v49 'China'

v50 'Cuba' v51 'France' v52 'India'

v53 'Israel' v54 'Mexico' v55 'S afr'

v56 'USSR' v57 'US' or 'Canada' on US survey

Domestic Issues:

v58 'feds find jobs' v59 'system makes poverty'

v60 'women stay home' v61 'equal opportunity'

v62 'unemploy causes crime, or tougher sentences'

Personal Attributes:

a1 'sex' : 1 'male' 2 'female' / a2 'environ I grew up in' 1 'rural' 2 'town' 3 'urban'/

a3 'home' : [for CANADA; 01 Nfld, 02 NS, 03 NB, 04 PEI, 05 Que, 06 Ont, 07 Man, 08 Sask, 09 Alta, 10 BC, 60 US, 70 Euro Jpn, 80 Rest of World

[for US states: 1 Maine, 2 NH, 3 Ver, 4 Mass, 6 CT, 7 NY, 8 NJ, 9 PA, 11 Mary, 13 Va, 26 Tex, 27, Oh, 28 Ind, 29 Ill, 30 Mich, 43 NM, 44 Ariz, 47 Was, 48 Ore, 49 Calif, 60 Canada, 70 Euro, 80 rest

a4 'party id' : 1 'Lib' 2 'PC' 3 'NDP'/ a5 'political spectr' 1 'marxist-leninist' 2 'socialist'

3 'liberal' 4 'moderate' 5 'conservative' 6 'very conservative' 7 'extreme right'/

a6 'income' : 1 'rich' 3 'average' 5 'poor'/

a7 'religion': 1 'catholic' 2 'protestant' 3 'jewish' 4 'islam'/

a8 'importance of religion': 1 'very important' 2 'somewhat' 3 'not at all'/

milit 'military relative?' : 1 'yes' 2 'no'/

parents 'parents beliefs' : 1 'the same' 2 'one diff' 3 'totally diff'/

coll 'college yrs' age 'age' lang 'Language': lang 1 'English' 2 'French'/

Quiz items:

Pm1 to pm8= the Cdn PM's names in order

Pr1 to pr7 = the US President's names in order

Sov1 to Sov7 = Soviet leader names in order

pmc # correct of PMs pmpc # of correct Cdn parties

presc # correct of US PRes prespc # of correct US parties

ussr # of correct Sov leaders

pop rank 5 countries by population wealth rank 5 countries by wealth

map # correct on Map of Europe out of 20

Nation Where survey is from: 1 'Canada' 2 'US'

School Name of University (only for US ) 1 'HolyCross' 2 'Penn' 3 'Arizona' 4 'Univ of Maine'

Here are the codes used for Country leaders:

pm1 to sov7 'd' 'trudeau' 'e' 'clark' 'f' 'turner' 'g' 'mulron'

'k' 'nixon' 'l' 'ford' 'm' 'carter' 'n' 'reagan'

'r' 'brezhnev' 's' 'andropov' 'u' 'gorbachev'

'a' 'stlau' 'b' 'dief' 'c' 'pears' 'h' 'ike' 'i' 'ken' 'j' 'jhn'

'y' 'GROMYKO' 't' 'CHERN.' 'q' 'KHRU.' 'p' 'MALEN.' 'o' 'STAL'

'1' 'KING' '2' 'LENIN' '3' 'MACMILLAN' '4' 'STANFIELD'

'5' 'TRUMAN' '6' 'BRZEZINKI' '7' 'DEGAULLE' '!' 'LAUR'/

pmp1 to pmp8 'l' 'liberal' 'c' 'Conservative' 'n' 'NDP'/

prp1 to prp7 'd' 'Democrat' 'r' 'Republican'/