World survey II

The data for this collection were collected in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sample consists of persons 18 years of age and older. Demographic data ascertained by the study include the respondent's occupation, marital status, sex, age, and education. In its investigation of Brazil's domestic issues, the study explores the respondents' attitudes in such areas as standard of living, population problems and birth control, attitudes toward political parties and their leaders, Brazil's stand in the conflict between communist and anti-communist ideologies, and the economic influence of the United States and the Soviet Union on Brazil. Variables concerned with issues and affairs at the international level examine the respondents' comparisons of the achievements and foreign policy of the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their opinions about the nuclear test ban and disarmament, attitudes toward Fidel Castro and his impact on life in Cuba, the position of the United Nations, and the treatment of blacks in France, U.S., Russia, and South Africa.