The 1997 Canadian Election Survey:
     SPSS Portable File
     Questionnaires
     Technical Documentation
							   (June 8, 1998)
							   (March 24, 2000)

File            Description
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CES1997.ZIP     SPSS Portable Data File (compressed to fit on a 3.5HD Disk)
CPS97_Q.TXT     Campaign-Period Questionnaire - English & French (ASCII)
CPSENG_Q.PDF    Campaign-Period Survey - English Questionnaire (Adobe)
CPSFR_Q.PDF     Campaign-Period Survey - French Questionnaire (Adobe)
PES97_Q.TXT     Post-Election Questionnaire - English & French (ASCII)
PESENG_Q.PDF    Post-Election Survey - English Questionnaire (Adobe)
PESFR_Q.PDF	Post-Election Survey - French Questionnaire (Adobe)
MBSENG_Q.PDF    Mailback Survey - English Questionnaire (Adobe)
MBSFR_Q.PDF     Mailback Survey - French Questionnaire (Adobe)
TECH_ENG.PDF	Technical Documentation - English (Adobe)
TECH_FR.PDF	Technical Documentation - French (Adobe) 


			  !!  CONDITIONS OF RELEASE  !!
  
All research based upon these data must include an acknowledgement such as
the following:
				
    Data from the 1997 Canadian Election Survey were provided by the
    Institute for Social Research, York University.  The survey was funded
    by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC),
    grant number 412-96-0007 and was completed for the 1997 Canadian Election
    Team of Andre Blais (Universite de Montreal), Elisabeth Gidengil (McGill
    University), Richard Nadeau (Universite de Montreal) and Neil Nevitte
    (University of Toronto).  Neither the Institute for Social Research, the
    SSHRC, nor the Canadian Election Survey Team are responsible for the
    analyses and interpretations presented here. 
  
Researchers are requested to forward a copy of any publications or scholarly
papers to the Director, Institute for Social Research, York University,
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3 and to Andre Blais, Department de
Politique Science, Universite de Montreal, CP6128 Succ. Centreville, Montreal,
H3C 3J7. 
   
Data acquired from the Institute for Social Research (ISR) may not be
re-disseminated outside the recipient institution.