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Description & Citation--Study No. 3380

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:3380
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03380
 
Title:Mexican Election Panel Study, 2000
 
Principal Investigator(s):Chappell Lawson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
  Miguel Basanez, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)
 
  Roderic Camp, Claremont McKenna College
 
  Wayne A. Cornelius, University of California
 
  Jorge Dominguez, Harvard University
 
  Joseph Klesner, Kenyon College
 
  Federico Estevez, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)
 
  Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University
 
  James McCann, Purdue University
 
  Alejandro Moreno, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)
 
  Pablo Paras, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)
 
  Alejandro Poire, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)
 
Funding Agency:National Science Foundation and Reforma Newspaper
 
Grant Number:SES-9905703
 
Bibliographic Citation:Lawson, Chappell, Miguel Basanez, Roderic Camp, Wayne A. Cornelius, Jorge Dominguez, Frederico Estevez, Joseph Klesner, Beatriz Magaloni, James McCann, Alejandro Moreno, Pablo Paras, and Alejandro Poire. MEXICAN ELECTION PANEL STUDY, 2000 [Computer file]. ICPSR03380-v1. Mexico City, Mexico: Reforma/Mexico City, Mexico: MORI [producers], 2001. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-01-28.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This survey assessed campaign influences on public opinion and voting behavior in Mexico's July 2, 2000, presidential election. The study consists of five separate surveys conducted over the course of the campaign and following the election, using a hybrid panel/ cross-sectional design. The Pre- and Post-Election Panel Data (Part 1) includes data collected from a national cross-section of 2,400 adults. All respondents were interviewed following the official start of the campaign, February 19-27, and following the election, July 7-16, while subsets of them were also interviewed April 28-May 7 and/or June 2-18. The Post-Electoral Cross-Section Data (Part 2) includes only data collected from a new and separate cross-section of 1,199 respondents, gathered to supplement the panel sample. Additional information regarding the design of the study may be found within the codebook. Respondents were queried on a wide range of issues relating to voting behavior, including exposure to media, political knowledge and engagement, opinions about salient political issues including privatization, employment, crime, the death penalty, and government services, attitudes toward the main political parties and candidates, impressions of the electoral process, voting intentions, faith in the electoral process, credibility of the media, exposure to the campaign, and opinions of current president Ernesto Zedillo and presidential candidates Cuauhtemoc Cardenas (Alliance for Mexico), Vicente Fox (Alliance for Change), and Francisco Labastida (PRI). Respondents queried following the election were asked for whom they voted and why, and whether they felt the election was clean. In addition, they were asked to assess their interest level in politics, their involvement and familiarity with the campaign media and activities, how frequently they discuss the issues, and the ability of the candidates to address important social issues. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, political party affiliation, voting history, religion, education, marital status, children, employment status, labor union membership, languages spoken, travel to the United States, socio-economic status, and household income.
 
Subject Term(s):campaign issues, electoral systems, Fox, Vincente, media influence, political awareness, political issues, political parties, presidential elections, privatization, public opinion, social issues, voting behavior, Zedilla, Ernesto
 
Geographic Coverage:Mexico, Global
 
Time Period:February 2000 - July 2000
 
Unit of Observation:Individuals
 
Universe:Adult, noninstitutionalized population of Mexico aged 18 and over.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:Stata data files are provided with a .syst extension to prevent accidental launching of another program during the download process. Before using one of these files, please rename using a .dta extension or as needed.
 

Methodology

Sample:Two national cross-sections plus a four-wave panel.
 
Data Source:personal interviews
 
Response Rates:68 percent: Wave 1
 
  76 percent: Wave 2
 
  77 percent: Wave 3
 
  73 percent: Wave 4
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2004-08-12
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2008-01-28.
 
  2008-01-28 - The metadata record was edited.
 
  2006-03-30 - File CQ3380.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
 
  2005-12-15 - On 2005-08-15 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-12-15 to reflect these additions.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Pre- and Post-Election Panel Data
  • DS2: Post-Electoral Cross-Section Data
 

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