A 1966 public opinion survey from India covering political attitudes and leader approval. The dataset includes questions on approval of leaders, personal problems, voting attitudes, and expectations of government officials. It was collected by the Indian Institute of Public Opinion, Ltd. (Gallup) and is hosted by the Roper Harvested Dataverse.
Use Cases
- Analyze public approval ratings of political leaders based on the 'approval of leaders' questions.
- Study the relationship between personal problems and political attitudes based on the 'biggest personal problem' and 'duty to country' items.
- Model citizen expectations of government responsiveness based on the 'expectation of responsiveness of officials' question.
- Examine party system dynamics based on questions about parties likely to help/harm the country and support for alliances.
Strengths
- Survey conducted by a major polling organization, the Indian Institute of Public Opinion, Ltd. (Gallup).
- Covers multiple facets of political opinion, including leader approval, party support, and civic duty.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Indian Institute of Public Opinion, Ltd. (Gallup)
- Collection Method
- Public opinion survey
- Time Range
- 1966
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 06:10:24; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- India