Canadian Gallup Poll, March 1983, #471_4

This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on both political and social issues. The questions ask opinions about the preferred Progressive Conservative leader and other political issues within the country and abroad; including nuclear war. There are also questions on other topics of interest and importance to the government such as interracial marriages; opportunities for women and child care. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical variables. Topics of interest include: allowing inmates to get a university education; the approval of inter-racial marriage; the approval of marriage between Catholics and Protestants; the approval of marriage between Jews and Non-Jews; the chances of a third world war due to hostilities between the U.S. and Russia; the chances of women becoming executives; the country that is most likely to start a nuclear war; the credibility of Ronald Reagan's goal to limit nuclear weapons; the credibility of Yuri Andropov's goal to limit nuclear weapons; the future of development in Canada; government spending on child care; government support of companies in crisis; opportunities provided to women; the preferred leader of the Progressive Conservative (PC) party; preferred type of employer; raising funds to pay off the deficit; and women running businesses. Basic demographic variables are also included.该项盖洛普（Gallup）民调旨在收集加拿大人对于政治与社会议题的看法。问卷内容涵盖民众对心仪的进步保守党（Progressive Conservative）领袖人选，以及加拿大国内外各类政治议题的见解，其中包括核战争相关问题。此外，问卷还涉及政府关注且重视的其他议题，例如跨种族婚姻、女性发展机遇与儿童保育相关内容。受访者还需回答相关问题，以便研究人员依据地理变量对其进行分组归类。本次民调覆盖的关注议题还包括：准许服刑人员接受高等教育；对跨种族婚姻的支持态度；对天主教徒与新教徒通婚的支持态度；对犹太人与非犹太人通婚的支持态度；美俄敌对局势引发第三次世界大战的可能性；女性晋升为企业高管的概率；最有可能挑起核战争的国家；罗纳德·里根限制核武器目标的可信度；尤里·安德罗波夫限制核武器目标的可信度；加拿大的未来发展前景；政府在儿童保育领域的财政投入；政府对困境企业的扶持举措；为女性提供的发展机遇；进步保守党（Progressive Conservative，简称PC）的心仪领袖人选；心仪的雇主类型；为清偿财政赤字筹集资金的相关议题；以及女性创业相关问题。本数据集同时涵盖基础人口统计变量。