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Community Attitudes to Road Safety, 1995
No full textThe survey is the eighth in a series of national studies conducted since October 1986 for the Federal Office of Road Safety, designed to monitor key community attitudes toward road safety issues. In some cases, questions that had been asked in previous waves were repeated and a number of new questions added. Topics included were factors believed to lead to road crashes; random breath testing; past and present licence holding; frequency of driving or riding a motor vehicle; attitudes to drinking and driving; speeding; wearing of seat belts/child restraints; and knowledge of the blood alcohol concentration limit. The survey obtained national coverage of Australia. Background variables include respondent's age, sex, occupation and highest level of education achieved
British Migrant Survey, Australia, 1986
No full textThe purpose of the study is to examine the social and political attitudes of British migrants in Australia. For comparability, some questions used previously in the Australian Political Attitudes Survey, 1979 (SSDA Study No. 9) and in the British Election Study, 1982 (ESRC Data Archive Study No. 2005) were included. Topics covered include: the power of trade unions and big business; strikers; unemployment; national security; defence; level of migrants to allow by country; prospects for migrants; political affiliation; vote in the 1984 Federal Election; feelings towards major Australian political leaders, Mr Reagan, Mrs Thatcher, specified groups and countries; vote intention; compulsory voting; republicanism and the Australian flag. Background variables include; father's occupation, age left school and birthplace; mother's birthplace; respondent's highest level of schooling; age left school; occupation; employer; tertiary education; trade union membership; birthplace; sex; age; marital status; and partner's occupation and trade union membership. For overseas born respondents: year of arrival; citizenship; enrolled to vote; reasons for migration; and last occupation overseas
Australian Studies of Health and Relationships, 2001-2002
No full textThe Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR) focuses on numerous aspects of sexual and reproductive health in the Australian population. The primary goal of the study is to describe the ways in which these aspects are associated with a range of sociodemographic factors. Topics covered include: demographics, sexual identity, history and practices, contraception and condom use, sex work, health, sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis history, knowledge and attitudes related to sexuality, and blood-borne virus risk behaviours. Background variables include year of birth, country of birth, year first arrived in Australia, living arrangements, number of children, age when first got married and number of times married. The long format survey questions were asked of a subset (4,184 men) of the entire sample (10,173 men short format). The long format survey contained all the short format questions plus some additional questions.The short format survey questions were asked of the entire sample (9,134 women). A subset of this sample (3,469 women long format survey) were asked additional questions. Their responses to both the short format questions and the additional questions are in the "men's survey, long version" dataset. Their responses to the short format questions only are in this dataset.
This file has all for surveys and questionnaires men and women long and short survey
Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children, Release 10 (Waves 1-10)
No full textThe Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) follows the development of around 1,700 Indigenous children and their families across urban, regional and remote Australia. It is one of the largest longitudinal studies of Indigenous people worldwide. LSIC aims to improve understanding of the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, their families and communities to inform better policy and program development. The study collects information about parenting, family relationships, housing and neighbourhood, childhood education, child and parent health, parental education, employment and income, attitudes and aspirations, as well as culture and community. It includes two groups of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children who were aged 6 to 18 months (B cohort) and 3.5-5 years (K cohort) when the study began in 2008. Data is primarily collected via annual face-to-face interviews with Indigenous interviewers. PLEASE NOTE that this release of LSIC is now superseded and is available by email request only at [email protected]. For the current release, please visit https://ada.edu.au/lsic_curren
Adaptation of migrants, 1979-1982: File 81d
No full textA sample of families from several European countries were studied by questionnaire in 1979 at the time they appeared for interview with immigration officers in various Australian consulates, and again in 1981 and 1982 following their arrival in Australia. The main concerns of the study were the correlates of adaptive success. The 1979 questionnaire included measures of family structure, interpersonal and community relations, socio- economic status and psychological distress. Over half of this sample replied to a one page mail questionnaire following their arrival in Australia, giving brief information about home ownership, occupational status of the head of household, group membership, use of medical services, pleasant and unpleasant experiences in Australia. The major post-migration interview in 1982 included measures of: the respondent's satisfaction with life circumstances, friends, community, possessions, family, spouse, children, job, school, recreation, housework and national government; improved circumstances through immigration; subjective wellbeing; judged interpersonal traits; and acculturation. Acquaintances of the respondent provided measures of self-esteem, adaptability, inter- personal competence and symptoms of strain. Co-workers provided appraisals of the respondent's performance on the job. Schools in which children were enrolled gave information about the student's performance in school. Judgements of neighbourhood prestige and average cost of a three-bedroom home in that neighbourhood were obtained from real estate agents, and the investigators rated the size and condition of the respondent's home and the condition of the adjacent homes. Most of the same questions were asked of a sample of native Australian families living in Sydney and Canberra for comparison with the new migrants. The 1982 questionnaire was pilot tested on a sample of migrant families in Canberra in 1981.
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From School to Tertiary Study, 1980
No full textThe survey was aimed at finding out about the needs of young people who applied through the Victorian Universities Admissions Committee for further education in 1980. The study was designed as an exploratory investigation of the effects of the biographical, socio-economic and educational backgrounds of students on their transition to tertiary education. Data were collected on current educational institution and course, whether the VUAC had offered to the student his/her preferred course, influences on the decision about the VUAC offer, namely: convenience; student life; prospects of success; job opportunities; status; salaries and goals; influence of peers; parents; and teachers; and financial support. Background variables include type of school; subjects and grades in the last year of secondary schooling; year of birth; own, siblings' and parents' birthplace; parents' educational level, and parents' occupations and employment status
The Popular People Project, 1994
No full textThe Popular People Project was undertaken as part of the Queensland AIDS Council's investigation into preventative education interventions in Australia's gay communities. The objectives of the interventions were to decrease levels of unsafe sex, increase knowledge about the risk of different sexual activities and to increase the perception of peer support for Safe Sex within the gay venue attending community. Elements of the project included: the identification and recruitment of opinion leaders, or 'Popular People'; their participation in a four week training course covering information on Safe Sex and HIV/AIDS, and how best to make conversations with friends and strangers in nightclubs; and the conversations in nightclubs initiated by the Popular People. The main variables evaluated were behaviour, knowledge, perception of peer support, and attitudes with regard to Safe Sex practices of members of the gay venue attending community. These were measured by collecting data on areas such as demographics, behaviour, relationship status, knowledge, perception of peer norms and perception of risk and self efficacy
Drug use by New South Wales school students, 1983
No full textThe objectives of New South Wales surveys have been to monitor the nature and extent of alcohol and other drug use, and to provide data from which the need for social policy and educational initiatives could be determined and the effect of such initiatives evaluated. In addition, an attempt was made in 1983 to standardise the measurement procedure so that comparisons could be drawn with other major drug surveys in the United States of America (Johnston et al, 1982) and Canada (Smart et al, 1980 - see Other References below). The drugs examined in this survey were alcohol, tobacco, analgesics, solvents and aerosols, marijuana, sedatives, hallucinogens, narcotics and stimulants. The use of solvents and aerosols was included for the first time in a New South Wales survey because of widespread concern about abuse of these substances. Background variables include sex, age, year at school, main language spoken at home, and household composition
Australian two-party preferred votes, 1949-1982: File v4
No full textThis data file brings together the 'two-party-preferred vote' figures for Commonwealth and State elections conducted in the period 1949-82. No figures are given for state elections in Tasmania because its proportional representation system is not readily amenable to this technique. For each electoral division or district, the record for a particular election contains the numbers of ALP and non-ALP votes and the corresponding percentages (to one decimal place)
Global Careers for Women Managers, 1997
No full textIn 1995 the authors were commissioned by the Australian Research Council to investigate the personal, organisational and cultural barriers to women managers' global placements. The research involved gathering baseline data on the number of men and women currently employed as expatriates in Australian private sector organisations, in respect of size of organisation, industry, occupational function, and country and length of placement. Organisational attitudes to international placements of women were sought, and organisational policies and practices commonly associated with the recruitment, selection and management development of expatriates were identified. In the survey expatriates were defined as someone employed by an organisation on an international appointment, in a country other than Australia, for six months or more. The survey of companies was designed to elicit details of the location, functional areas, and occupational levels of both male and female expatriates, together with their marital status and educational levels