Les pages suivantes présentent les différentes variables utilisées dans le cadre de l’analyse factorielle. Elles ont été regroupées sous forme de thématique.
Éléments déterminants pour réussir dans la vie
To begin, we have some questions about opportunities for getting ahead…
Please tick one box for each of these to show how important you think it is for getting
ahead in life… (6 response options: essential to not important at all and can’t choose)
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First, how important is coming from a wealthy family? v5
Have well educated parents? v6
Having a good education yourself? v7
Ambition – how important is that for getting ahead in life? v8
Natural ability? v9
Hard work – how important is that? v10
Knowing the right people? v11
Having political connections? v12
A person’s race-how important is that for getting ahead in life? v13
A person’s religion? v14
The region of the country a person grew up in? v15
Being born a man or a woman – how important is that? v16
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Niveau d’inégalités au Canada :
Please tick a box to show how much you agree or disagree with the following statement : (6 response options: strongly agree to strongly disagree and can’t choose)
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The way things are in Canada, people like me and my family have a good chance of improving our standard of living.
Please show how much you agree or disagree with each statement…
(6 response options: strongly agree to strongly disagree and can’t choose) v56
Differences in income in Canada are too large.
These five diagrams show different kinds of society. Please read the descriptions and look at the diagrams, then answer the questions which follow the diagrams. (6 response options, Type A to E and can’t choose)
Type A: The small elite at the top, very few people in the middle and the great mass of people at the bottom. (A diagram appears next to definition)
Type B: A society like a pyramid, with a small elite at the top, more people in the middle and most at the bottom. (A diagram appears next to definition)
Type C: A pyramid except that just a few people are at the very bottom. (A diagram appears next to definition)
Type D: A society with most of the people in the middle.
Type E: Many people near the top and only a few near the bottom. (A diagram appears next to definition)
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First what type of society is Canada today-which diagram comes closest? v93
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Importance de la rémunération pour prendre plus de responsabilité et se former davantage
Do you agree or disagree with these statements?
(6 response options: strongly agree to strongly disagree and can’t choose) v19
People would not want to take extra responsibility at work unless they were paid extra for it.
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Workers would not bother to get skills and qualifications unless they were paid extra for having them.
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No-one would study for years to become a lawyer or doctor unless they expected to earn a lot more than ordinary workers.
Les causes des inégalités
Do you agree or disagree with these statements?
(6 response options: strongly agree to strongly disagree and can’t choose) v21
Inequality continues because it benefits the rich and powerful. v25
Inequality continues to exist because ordinary people don’t join together to get rid of it.
La nécessité des inégalités sociales pour la prospérité économique
Do you agree or disagree with these statements?
(6 response options: strongly agree to strongly disagree and can’t choose) v23
Large differences in income are necessary for Canada’s prosperity. v24
Allowing business to make good profits is the best way to improve everyone’s standard of living
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Rôle du gouvernement pour réduire les inégalités
Do you agree or disagree with these statements?
(6 response options: strongly agree to strongly disagree and can’t choose) v57
It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high income and those with low incomes
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The government should provide a job for everyone who wants one. v62
The government should provide everyone with a guaranteed basic income.
Niveau de taxation perçu :
Generally, how would you describe taxes in Canada today… (We mean, all taxes together, including [national insurance/social security], income tax, [GST/sales tax] and all the rest.) (6 response options, Much too high to Much too low, and can’t choose) v63
First, for those with high incomes, are taxes… v64
Next, for those with middle incomes, are taxes… v65
Lastly, for those with low incomes, are taxes…
Niveau de taxation souhaité :
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Do you think that people with high incomes should pay a larger share of their income in taxes than those with low incomes, the same share or a smaller share? (6 response options, much larger share to much smaller share, and can’t choose)
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Niveau de conflit entre différents groupes et classes sociales
In all countries there are differences or even conflicts between different social groups. In your opinion, in Canada, how much conflict is there between… (5 response options, Very strong conflicts to there are no conflicts and can’t choose)
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Poor people and rich people? v68
The working class and the middle class? v69
The unemployed and people with jobs? v70
Managements and workers?
Importance accordée à certains critères pour déterminer ce qu’une personne devrait gagner.
In deciding how much people ought to earn, how important should each of these things be, in your opinion? (6 response options: essential to not important at all and can’t choose)
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First, the amount of responsibility that goes with the job – how important do you think that should be in deciding pay?
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The number of years spent in education and training? v79
Whether the job requires supervising others – how important should that be in deciding pay?
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What is needed to support a family? v81
Whether the person has children to support? v82
How well the person does the job? v83
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Position occupée par certaines professions et certains métiers dans la pyramide sociale
Now we would like to know where you and other people fit in. Please look at the diagram you think best describes Canada today, the one you chose first. (8 response options, 1 (top) to 7 (bottom) and can’t choose).
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Where would you say an unskilled worker in a factory fits in? v96
The chairman of a large national corporation? v97
Where would a farm labourer fit in? v98
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