Brazilian university students' images of the United States, 1963

This survey, administered to students at nine universities in Brazil in 1963, establishes the respondents' university, major field of study, residence, self-perceived social class, and race. Further variables measure the respondents' knowledge of the world outside of Brazil, especially the United States. The major portion of the study measures the respondents' concept of similarities and dissimilarities between the United States and Brazil in such varied areas as attitudes toward the family as a primary group, social class structure, importance of the labor movement, the quality of education, meaning of nationalism, opportunities for Blacks, moral standards of the people, political participation, and private versus public initiative within the economy. Respondents are also asked to estimate the answers which they feel a United States citizen would give to these same questions about Brazil. The study probes sources of the respondents' information about the United States including newspapers, magazines, movies, radio, television, and personal relations with people from the United States.