
Borealis
Population Research Laboratory
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2015-09-08
The 1992 Alberta Survey (AS) was the sixth annual provincial survey administered by the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, through its research facility, the Population Research Laboratory (PRL)--major topics included: demographics, social issues (freedom of speech, gambling), health (funding, organ transplants, health service awareness, care for elderly relatives, personal health), crime (neighbourhood perception, fear of crime, self-perception), work (job satisfaction, on-the-job training, job retraining, fatigue, attributes of job, attitudes towards older/younger workers, retirement), AIDS, opinions about disabled persons, impaired driving, weather effects on the individual, personal death, political party preference, and financial betterment. This random sample survey of households in the province of Alberta has enabled academic researchers, local community agencies, and government departments to explore a broad spectrum of social issues in an on-going research framework.