"Other UBC"@en . "DSpace"@en . "Laycock, David and Erickson, Linda (eds.) Reviving Social Democracy: The Near Death and Surprising Rise of the Federal NDP. (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2014)"@en . "UBC Press"@en . "Pickup, Mark"@en . "Whelan, Colin"@en . "2014-11-19T01:55:03Z"@en . "2014-11-10"@en . "This online appendix includes the common demographic coding scheme applied to the Canadian Election Studies and the commercial polls from Gallup and Environics Canada for each electoral cycle. It also contains a table of summary statistics for the ROC curves from the penalized logits used to predict each issue being identified as the most important using demographics. It is the Appendix to Chapter 10, \"The Issue Priorities of NDP Supporters: How Different Are They?\" in David Laycock and Lynda Erickson, eds., Reviving Social Democracy: The Near Death and Surprising Rise of the Federal NDP (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2014."@en . "https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/51110?expand=metadata"@en . "Appendix: Coding of Election Studies and Commercial Polls Appendix to Chapter 10, Mark Pickup and Colin Whelan, The Issue Priorities of NDP Supporters: How Different Are They? In David Laycock and Lynda Erickson, eds., Reviving Social Democracy: The Near Death and Surprising Rise of the Federal NDP (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2014). This online appendix includes the common demographic coding scheme applied to the Canadian Election Studies and the commercial polls from Gallup and Environics Canada for each electoral cycle. It also contains a table of summary statistics for the ROC curves from the penalized logits used to predict each issue being identified as the most important using demographics. Common demographic coding schemes: Age, annual income, and education Election year Age Annual income Education 1965 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding 4 categories: 18-29 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50+ years 4 categories: Wealthy Average1 Average Poor 3 categories: Less than high school High school University 1968 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding 4 categories: 18-29 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50+ years 4 categories: Wealthy Average1 Average Poor 3 categories: Less than high school High school University 1972 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding 5 categories: Under 20 20-29 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50+ years 3 categories: Under $6,000 $6,000 to $10,000 Over $10,000 6 categories: Some/all elementary Some high school High school Some postsecondary Postsecondary 1974 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding 3 categories: 8-29 years 30-49 years 50+ years 6 categories: Under $40002 $4,000 to $7,9992 $8,000 to $9,9992 $10,000 to $14,999 $15,000 to $19,999 Over $20,000 6 categories: Some elementary Elementary Some high school High school Some postsecondary Postsecondary 1979 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding 3 categories: 18-29 years 5 categories: Under $10,000 6 categories: Some elementary 30-49 years 50+ years $10,000 to $14,999 $15,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $29,999 Over $30,000 Elementary Some high school High school Some postsecondary Postsecondary 1980 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding 3 categories: 18-29 years 30-49 years 50+ years 5 categories: Under $10,000 $10,000 to $14,999 $15,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $29,999 Over $30,000 6 categories: Some elementary Elementary Some high school High school Some postsecondary Postsecondary 1984 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding 3 categories: 18-29 years 30-49 years 50+ years 6 categories:3 Under $10,000 $10,000 to $14,999 $15,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $29,999 $30,000 to $39,999 Over $40,000 8 categories: Some elementary/no school Elementary Some high school High school Some technical school Technical school Some postsecondary Postsecondary 1988 Question type n/a n/a Highest level attended Coding 3 categories: 18-29 years 30-49 years 50+ years 6 categories: Under $20,000 $20,000 to $29,999 $30,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $69,999 Over $70,000 4 categories: None/elementary Secondary College University 1993 Question type n/a n/a Highest level attended Coding 3 categories: 18-29 years 10 categories: Under $10,000 4 categories: None/Elementary 30-49 years 50+ years $10,000 to $14,999 $15,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $29,999 $30,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $59,999 $60,000 to $69,999 $70,000 to $79,999 Over $80,000 Secondary College University 1997 Question type n/a n/a Highest level attended Coding 3 categories: 18-29 years 30-49 years 50+ years 10 categories: Under $10,000 $10,000 to $14,999 $15,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $29,999 $30,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $59,999 $60,000 to $69,999 $70,000 to $79,999 Over $80,000 4 categories: None/elementary Secondary College University 2000 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding Continuous (years old) 7 categories: Under $20,000 $20,000 to $29,999 $30,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $59,999 $60,000 to $79,999 $80,000 to $99,999 Over $100,000 7 categories: Some elementary Elementary Some high school High school Some or all of college, vocational, or trade school Some university University 2004 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding Continuous (years old) 4 categories: Under $20,000 $20,000 to $39,999 8 categories:4 Some elementary Elementary $40,000 to $79,999 Over $80,000 Some high school High school Some or all of college, vocational, or trade school Some university University Postgraduate or professional degree 2006 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding Continuous (years old) 5 categories: Under $30,0002 $30,000 to $59,9992 $60,000 to $79,999 $80,000 to $99,999 Over $100,000 8 categories: Some elementary Elementary Some high school High school Some or all of college, vocational, or trade school Some university University Postgraduate or professional degree 2008 Question type n/a n/a Highest level completed Coding Continuous (years old) 5 categories:5 Under $30,000 $30,000 to $59,999 $60,000 to $79,999 $80,000 to $99,999 Over $100,000 8 categories: Some elementary Elementary Some high school High school Some or all of college, vocational, or trade school Some university University Postgraduate or professional degree 1 These categories come from the Gallup polls. To match them, the CES data were recoded based on the closest matching percentiles. 2 In some instances the precise cut-offs could not be matched by every monthly poll, but the coding was only allowed if the difference was minor. 3 For October 1988 an alternate 4-category coding was employed: under $20,000, $20,000 to $29,999, $30,000 to $39,999, over $40,000. 4 Omitted in August 2004. 5 For November 2009 an alternative 2-category coding was employed: under $40,000, over $40,000. Common demographic coding schemes: Province, gender, and union membership Election year Province Gender Union membership 1965 Question type n/a n/a Coding 10 categories: Every province, no territories 2 categories No CES variable 1968 Question type n/a n/a You? Coding 9 categories: No PEI, no territories 2 categories Binary 1972 Question type n/a n/a You? Coding 8 categories: No PEI, Manitoba and Saskatchewan combined, no territories 2 categories Binary 1974 Question type n/a n/a You? Coding 10 categories:1 Every province, no territories 2 categories Binary 1979 Question type n/a n/a You? Coding 10 categories: Every province, no territories 2 categories Binary 1980 Question type n/a n/a Coding 10 categories: Every province, no territories 2 categories No CES variable 1984 Question type n/a n/a You or anyone in family? Coding 10 categories:2 Every province, no territories 2 categories 4 categories: Yes, myself Yes, a family member Yes, both No, neither 1988 Question type n/a n/a You? Coding 10 categories:3 Every province, no territories 2 categories Binary 1993 Question type n/a n/a You or anyone on household? Coding 10 categories: Every province, no territories 2 categories Binary 1997 Question type n/a n/a You or anyone on household? Coding 10 categories: Every province, no territories 2 categories Binary 2000 Question type n/a n/a You or anyone on household? Coding 10 categories:4 Every province, no territories 2 categories Binary5 2004 Question type n/a n/a You or anyone in household? Coding 10 categories:6 Every province, no territories 2 categories 4 categories: Yes, myself Yes, a household member No, neither Yes, both 2006 Question type n/a n/a You or anyone in household? Coding 10 categories:7 Every province, no territories 2 categories 4 categories: Yes, myself Yes, a household member No, neither Yes, both 2008 Question type n/a n/a You or anyone in household? Coding 10 categories: Every province, no territories 2 categories 4 categories: Yes, myself Yes, a household member No, neither Yes, both 1 In July 1975 an alternative 9-category coding was used that combined Nova Scotia and PEI; in October 1975, August 1976, and March 1977 an alternative 9-category coding was used that excluded PEI; and in April 1976 an alternative 9-category coding was used that excluded Nova Scotia. 2 In December 1984, September 1985, December 1985, February 1988, October 1988, and November 1988 an alternative 9-category coding was used that excluded PEI. 3 in December 1990 an alternative 8-category coding was used that excluded PEI and Newfoundland; in September 1991 an alternative 9-category coding was used that excluded PEI. 4 Omitted in February 2003, May 2003, August 2003, February 2004, and May 2004. 5 Omitted in November 2003. 6 Omitted in August 2004, February 2005, May 2005, and August 2005. 7 Omitted in August 2007. Common demographic coding schemes: Community size, language, and occupation Election year Community size Language Occupation 1965 Question type n/a Language of interview Current occupation Coding 3 categories: City Suburb Other 2 categories: English French 10 categories: Professional Business/executive Sales/clerical Unskilled labour Skilled Labour Farmer Widow/spinster Retired Military Otherwise not working 1968 Question type n/a Language of interview Current occupation Coding 6 categories: Over 500,000 100,000-500,000 30,000-100,000 10,000-30,000 1,000-10,000 Rural/farm 2 categories: English French 10 categories: Professional Owner/manager/business Sales/clerical Unskilled labour Skilled Labour Farmer Student Retired Military Otherwise not working 1972 Question type n/a Language of interview Current occupation Coding 6 categories: Over 500,000 100,000-500,000 30,000-100,000 10,000-30,000 1,000-10,000 Rural/farm 2 categories: English French 10 categories: Professional Owner/manager/business Sales/clerical Unskilled labour Skilled Labour Farmer Student Retired Widow/ spinster Unemployed 1974 Question type n/a Language of interview Current occupation Coding No CES variable 2 categories: English French 7 categories: Not in labour force Professional Business/executive/owner Sales/clerical Skilled labour Unskilled labour Farmer 1979 Question type n/a Language of interview Current occupation Coding 6 categories: Over 500,000 100,000-500,000 30,000-100,000 10,000-30,000 1,000-10,000 Rural/farm 2 categories: English French 7 categories: Not in labour force Professional Executive/manager Sales/clerical Skilled labour Unskilled labour Other employed 1980 Question type n/a Language of interview Currently unemployed? Coding 6 categories: Over 500,000 100,000-500,000 30,000-100,000 10,000-30,000 1,000-10,000 Rural/farm 2 categories: English French Binary 1984 Question type n/a Usually spoken at home Current occupation Coding 6 categories: Over 500,000 100,000-500,000 30,000-100,000 10,000-30,000 1,000-10,000 Rural/farm 3 categories: English French Other 9 categories: Professional Manager/owner/executive Sales Clerical Skilled labour Unskilled labour Unemployed Homemaker/widow Student 1988 Question type n/a Usually spoken at home Current occupation Coding No CES variable 3 categories: English French Other 9 categories: Other Professional Manager/Owner Sales/Clerical Skilled labour/Farmer Unskilled labour Student Homemaker Unemployed 1993 Question type n/a Earliest learned and still know Current occupation Coding No CES variable 3 categories: English 9 categories: Unemployed/not working French Other Retired Student Housewife Professional/technical Executive Sales Clerical Labour 1997 Question type n/a Earliest learned and still know Current occupation Coding No CES variable 3 categories: - English - French - Other 9 categories: Unemployed/not working Retired Student Housewife Professional/Technical Executive Sales Clerical Labour 2000 Question type n/a Earliest learned and still know Employment status Coding No CES variable 3 categories: English French Other 7 categories: Working full-time Working part-time Unemployed Stay-at-home parent Student Retired Disability pension 2004 Question type n/a Earliest learned and still know Employment status Coding No CES variable 3 categories: English French 7 categories:1 Working Unemployed Other Self-employed Stay-at-home parent Student Retired Disability pension 2006 Question type n/a Earliest learned and still know Employment status Coding No CES variable 3 categories: English French Other 7 categories: Working Unemployed Self-employed Stay-at-home parent Student Retired Disability pension 2008 Question type n/a Earliest learned and still know Employment status Coding No CES variable 3 categories: English French Other 7 categories:2 Working Unemployed Self-employed Stay-at-home parent Student Retired Disability pension 1 In November 2004, February 2005, and August 2005 an alternative 4-category coding was used: working, not in labour force, self-employed, student. 2 In November 2004 an alternative 6-category coding was used that was the same with the omission of disability pension. Table of ROC results indicating fits for the penalized logits predicting the identification of each issue as the most important: Unemployment, budget, trade, and environment Unemployment Budget Trade Environment Poll date ROC value ROC S.E. ROC value ROC S.E. ROC value ROC S.E. ROC value ROC S.E. 1965-10 0.741 0.018 0.948 0.019 1972-09 0.644 0.022 0.768 0.038 1973-09 0.785 0.032 0.855 0.030 1974-03 0.693 0.033 0.805 0.038 1975-07 0.707 0.027 1975-10 0.750 0.029 0.909 0.036 1976-04 0.732 0.026 0.972 0.010 1976-08 0.725 0.024 0.692 0.025 0.817 0.024 1976-09 0.736 0.027 1977-03 0.678 0.023 1978-01 0.685 0.020 1978-05 0.664 0.020 1978-09 0.669 0.021 1979-04 0.665 0.021 1979-08 0.663 0.021 1980-01 0.787 0.032 1980-07 0.725 0.026 1980-10 0.733 0.027 1981-01 0.760 0.023 1981-07 0.745 0.029 1982-06 0.691 0.021 1982-08 0.653 0.022 0.638 0.019 0.679 0.021 1982-12 0.667 0.021 1983-02 0.645 0.019 1983-06 0.629 0.020 1983-10 0.640 0.019 1983-11 0.626 0.020 1984-05 0.645 0.019 1984-07 0.651 0.020 1984-12 0.665 0.019 1985-06 0.651 0.019 1985-09 0.666 0.018 1985-12 0.667 0.019 0.982 0.013 1986-06 0.610 0.020 1987-02 0.663 0.019 0.821 0.036 0.860 0.029 1987-06 0.677 0.019 0.826 0.039 0.845 0.032 1988-02 0.748 0.020 0.759 0.024 0.898 0.023 1988-06 0.727 0.020 0.778 0.025 0.812 0.022 1988-08 0.724 0.021 0.738 0.023 0.767 0.023 1988-10 0.762 0.037 0.621 0.023 0.796 0.046 1990-01 0.652 0.023 99.000 99.000 99.000 99.000 1990-12 0.733 0.023 0.863 0.049 0.861 0.028 1991-09 0.669 0.022 0.888 0.024 0.852 0.046 1993-09 0.663 0.021 0.673 0.023 0.978 0.011 0.922 0.023 1994-01 0.698 0.020 0.725 0.023 0.982 0.009 0.999 0.001 1994-07 0.673 0.020 0.718 0.022 0.983 0.009 0.946 0.018 1995-01 0.666 0.021 0.713 0.021 0.966 0.023 0.997 1995-11 0.717 0.022 0.692 0.024 99.000 99.000 1.000 1996-01 0.650 0.021 0.689 0.027 1.000 1.000 0.000 1996-07 0.666 0.020 0.752 0.027 99.000 99.000 0.973 0.011 1997-01 0.662 0.020 0.693 0.025 0.996 0.996 0.004 1997-05 0.676 0.019 0.715 0.025 1.000 0.981 0.017 1999-01 0.729 0.022 0.774 0.026 0.999 0.001 0.937 0.019 2000-01 0.745 0.024 0.716 0.039 1.000 0.000 0.949 0.025 2000-11 0.765 0.033 0.771 0.030 1.000 0.942 0.016 2001-02 0.691 0.020 0.811 0.039 0.715 0.027 2001-05 0.726 0.018 0.770 0.044 0.723 0.023 2001-08 0.690 0.022 0.830 0.041 0.802 0.035 2001-11 0.785 0.025 0.797 0.032 0.811 0.038 2003-02 0.667 0.024 0.836 0.036 0.736 0.040 2003-05 0.673 0.025 0.796 0.041 0.721 0.028 2003-08 0.699 0.022 0.804 0.052 0.730 0.029 2003-11 0.659 0.023 0.771 0.031 0.729 0.033 2004-02 0.713 0.031 0.862 0.040 0.713 0.041 2004-05 0.666 0.029 0.669 0.061 0.658 0.035 2004-08 0.657 0.036 0.783 0.038 0.634 0.044 2004-11 0.730 0.029 0.809 0.052 0.673 0.034 2005-02 0.671 0.031 0.774 0.046 0.719 0.029 2005-05 0.680 0.027 0.737 0.043 0.725 0.023 2005-08 0.702 0.031 0.820 0.046 0.650 0.031 2005-11 0.712 0.031 0.801 0.035 0.759 0.022 2006-05 0.692 0.030 0.788 0.049 0.685 0.022 2006-08 0.720 0.027 0.839 0.032 0.684 0.020 2006-11 0.775 0.027 0.834 0.043 0.690 0.017 2007-02 0.722 0.037 0.924 0.025 0.679 0.021 2007-08 0.713 0.027 0.795 0.042 0.663 0.017 2007-11 0.721 0.027 0.866 0.035 0.652 0.017 2008-02 0.790 0.025 0.841 0.061 0.684 0.018 2008-05 0.699 0.034 0.919 0.031 0.688 0.018 2008-08 0.801 0.028 0.863 0.053 0.675 0.024 2008-11 0.754 0.019 0.950 0.026 0.794 0.023 2009-02 0.722 0.024 0.862 0.058 0.746 0.030 2009-05 0.728 0.017 0.735 0.045 0.713 0.027 2009-08 0.725 0.022 0.842 0.039 0.724 0.030 2009-11 0.724 0.023 0.874 0.030 0.729 0.026 Table of ROC results indicating fits for the penalized logits: Inflation, tax, health, and welfare Inflation Tax Health Welfare Poll date ROC value ROC S.E. ROC value ROC S.E. ROC value ROC S.E. ROC value ROC S.E. 1965-10 0.679 0.022 0.779 0.023 1972-09 0.660 0.021 1973-09 0.644 0.022 1974-03 0.655 0.018 1975-07 0.659 0.019 1975-10 0.650 0.020 1976-04 0.637 0.019 1976-08 0.653 0.020 0.721 0.028 1976-09 0.629 0.019 1977-03 0.633 0.019 1978-01 0.669 0.019 1978-05 0.634 0.019 1978-09 0.680 0.019 1979-04 0.647 0.019 1979-08 0.627 0.017 1980-01 0.682 0.024 1980-07 0.624 0.020 1980-10 0.616 0.020 1981-01 0.632 0.020 1981-07 0.645 0.020 1982-06 0.674 0.019 1982-08 0.643 0.021 0.670 0.025 1982-12 0.684 0.020 1983-02 0.670 0.019 1983-06 0.676 0.020 1983-10 0.683 0.019 1983-11 0.692 0.020 1984-05 0.632 0.020 1984-07 0.632 0.021 1984-12 0.689 0.021 1985-06 0.727 0.021 1985-09 0.700 0.022 1985-12 0.735 0.021 1986-06 0.688 0.022 1987-02 0.740 0.030 1987-06 0.765 0.033 1988-02 0.717 0.029 1988-06 0.794 0.027 0.901 0.041 1988-08 0.770 0.026 1988-10 1990-01 0.648 0.021 1990-12 0.666 0.028 0.771 0.035 1.000 0.000 1991-09 0.704 0.027 0.718 0.028 0.973 0.022 1993-09 0.930 0.070 0.826 0.037 0.952 0.022 1994-01 0.999 0.001 0.950 0.028 0.960 0.020 1994-07 0.974 0.018 0.807 0.046 0.980 0.013 1995-01 0.949 0.045 0.894 0.030 0.803 0.057 0.875 0.043 1995-11 0.981 0.017 0.963 0.021 0.848 0.038 0.911 0.024 1996-01 0.954 0.014 0.956 0.019 0.930 0.025 1996-07 1.000 0.887 0.030 0.849 0.039 1997-01 0.996 0.004 0.829 0.048 0.840 0.038 0.924 0.023 1997-05 0.850 0.041 0.844 0.029 0.892 0.033 1999-01 0.952 0.030 0.806 0.030 0.682 0.026 0.812 0.031 2000-01 1.000 0.000 0.833 0.023 0.663 0.022 0.773 0.036 2000-11 0.982 0.011 0.797 0.030 0.665 0.019 0.829 0.033 2001-02 0.799 0.036 0.736 0.022 0.692 0.016 0.752 0.043 2001-05 0.816 0.041 0.713 0.023 0.649 0.015 0.748 0.035 2001-08 0.794 0.048 0.721 0.033 0.684 0.020 0.782 0.034 2001-11 0.876 0.043 0.708 0.028 0.661 0.016 0.810 0.026 2003-02 0.710 0.035 0.673 0.035 0.604 0.017 0.687 0.045 2003-05 0.735 0.046 0.734 0.028 0.604 0.016 0.767 0.037 2003-08 0.857 0.034 0.670 0.031 0.605 0.015 0.771 0.041 2003-11 0.798 0.031 0.687 0.025 0.639 0.015 0.797 0.043 2004-02 0.776 0.048 0.736 0.028 0.628 0.019 0.791 0.070 2004-05 0.772 0.062 0.666 0.027 0.631 0.014 0.813 0.054 2004-08 0.852 0.059 0.660 0.037 0.610 0.018 0.723 0.047 2004-11 0.768 0.079 0.720 0.028 0.640 0.017 0.818 0.033 2005-02 0.819 0.052 0.676 0.028 0.660 0.017 0.838 0.054 2005-05 0.706 0.053 0.689 0.025 0.655 0.014 0.798 0.041 2005-08 0.641 0.048 0.666 0.031 0.619 0.019 0.801 0.051 2005-11 0.804 0.044 0.725 0.027 0.673 0.014 0.756 0.051 2006-05 0.737 0.037 0.722 0.025 0.631 0.017 0.927 0.030 2006-08 0.747 0.038 0.774 0.036 0.655 0.016 0.924 0.028 2006-11 0.829 0.041 0.791 0.031 0.650 0.018 0.865 0.047 2007-02 0.755 0.030 0.975 0.017 0.829 0.045 0.741 0.063 2007-08 0.696 0.048 0.738 0.035 0.653 0.015 0.835 0.091 2007-11 0.754 0.035 0.750 0.030 0.678 0.018 0.964 0.036 2008-02 0.739 0.032 0.725 0.033 0.642 0.017 0.974 0.016 2008-05 0.712 0.029 0.721 0.036 0.675 0.019 0.983 0.012 2008-08 0.813 0.031 0.746 0.047 0.684 0.018 0.942 0.023 2008-11 0.842 0.040 0.830 0.087 0.728 0.025 1.000 2009-02 0.872 0.061 0.922 0.018 0.710 0.030 0.955 0.044 2009-05 0.827 0.049 0.762 0.046 0.685 0.022 0.938 0.039 2009-08 0.886 0.047 0.773 0.052 0.696 0.022 0.944 0.032 2009-11 0.822 0.050 0.886 0.026 0.719 0.027 99 99 "@en . 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