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Youth and The Labour Market: Follow-up Survey, 1984
No full textThe follow-up survey in 1984 was conducted with the aim of: 1. assessing changes in employment/unemployment status of respondents, 2. complementing data collected in the Youth and labour market : general survey, 1983 [SSDA Study No. 371], 3. verifying data collected in the 1983 survey by replicating specific questions. Topics covered include: preparation for employment at school through careers counselling and work experience; education and employment histories during the preceding twelve months; knowledge and use of Commonwealth employment and training programs and services; perceptions of the problems commonly experienced by the unemployed; perceptions of the causes of unemployment; family assistance received by the respondent; suggestions of measures to reduce unemployment; general perceptions of the country's economy; and attitudes towards the respondent's personal situation over the past twelve months. Background variables include: level of education reached; English and other language use and ability; age; marital status; family and friends' current employment status; income; and current living arrangements
Overseas arrivals and departures, Australia 1975-1981: six-monthly detailed tables: File b80
No full textStatistics of overseas arrivals in, and departures from, Australia are collected by means of the Incoming and Outgoing Passenger cards completed by all travellers. As well as being used for statistical purposes, the information collected is used by the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs for administrative purposes. Data is made available on a six-monthly basis, in matrix format, from the beginning of 1975 to the end of 1981, and relates to the number of movements in a specified time, rather than the number of travellers (i.e. the multiple movements of individual persons within the time period are each counted separately). Information collected includes category of travel, duration of stay, country of birth, citizenship, dis/embarkation, as well as age, marital status and sex, and occupation
Armenian immigration and settlement in Sydney, Australia, 1977
No full textThis study provides information on the migration and settlement of Armenians with particular reference to their residential, occupational, social and psychological adjustment since arriving in Australia. Topics covered in this survey include details on migration (year and place of arrival, whether was sponsored or has provided sponsorship for others, whether has been naturalised, whether had relatives or friends in Australia before arrival), settlement (information on places lived after arrival, reasons for living in current dwelling, whether own or rent dwelling), occupation (occupation prior to arrival in Australia, information on first job after arrival, current occupation of self and wife) and language and education (list of spoken languages, evaluation of ability to read and speak English when first arrived and at present, language spoken at home, importance of Armenians in Australia to be able to speak and read the Armenian language, whether read Armenian publications or listen to Armenian broadcasts on radio, whether regularly read publications in English, education level of self and wife). Background variables include age of self and wife; sex; birthplace of self, wife, father and mother; whether both parents Armenian; how many children born to parents; number of brother and sisters for both father and mother; wife's ethnic origin; year and place of own marriage; number of children; ideal number of children; whether own children have married non-Armenians; and, religion
Graduate Destination Survey, 1999
No full textThe aim of the Graduate Careers Council of Australia's annual Graduate Destination Survey is to collect information about the activities of Australia's higher eduacation graduates, after the completion of their degree. The survey has been conducted annually since 1974. The target population for the survey is graduates who had completed requirements for higher education qualifications in the previous calendar year, including graduates residing overseas and international students. The survey variables can be broadly catagorised into three areas of investigation: Course, Employment and Further study. Course variables include level of qualification attained; field of study; attendence, length of time taken to to complete course; and employer support during course. Employment variables include employment status at census date; whether employed full-time or part-time; whether a short-term of permanent employee; occupation at census date; annual salary; and length of service. Further study variables include level of current qualification; field of study; attendence; date of course commencement; and institution attended. Background variables include age and sex; residency status; home state; disability; non-english speaking background; first educational qualification after leaving school; and highest educational qualification prior to undertaking the course
Secondary school mathematics in Australia, 1978: File ag3
No full textThis is the second survey of the mathematical performance of secondary school students in Australia, undertaken to examine changes in this area since the first survey in 1964 (see SSDA study no. 70). Students completed mathematics tests; a word knowledge test; an opinion questionnaire on the importance of mathematics, the facility of mathematics, school enjoyment and control over the environment; and a background questionnaire on demographic and mathematical education variables. Questionnaires were also completed by teachers and school principals
Structural properties of groups, 1976-1978: File 76b
No full textThis research is concerned with the development and validation of sociometric indices of the structural properties of groups. The 1976 study contained general questions about the group, its members, and the respondents' activities in relation to them. Sixteen questions were used to create interpersonal rating matrices from which sociometric measures of status differentiation, bias differentiation, status-bias concordance and differential mutuality were constructed. Scale analysis of 36 questions gave homogeneous and distinct scales of member heterogeneity, rejection of group, and permeability. In the 1977 study, six structural properties - consensus, role differentiation, fragmentation, status differentiation, solidarity and permeability - were measured by quantitative sociometric procedures. Consensus was measured in two ways: by means of an open question and with 28 statements about desirable behaviours. Two questions were used to determine role differentiation, four questions for fragmentation, five questions for status differentiation and two questions for solidarity. A second instrument containing statements that described the group directly on these five structural properties, among other characteristics, was administered both to group member and to outside informants. An index of permeability was determined by the rate of membership turnover reported by members for the previous year. Groups in the 1978-79 study were given an abbreviated form of the 1977 questionnaire to allow differences among group types to be examined
Northern Territory Criminal Trials 1873-1899
No full textNorthern Territory Supreme Court trials. During this period the court was in South Australian jurisdiction. This dataset was accessed by the Prosecution Project from data in historical newspapers (https://trove.nla.gov.au/
The class structure of Australia, 1986
No full textThe general aim of this study was to investigate contemporary Australian class structure. As part of this general aim, the study also sought to provide a profile of the class structure of contemporary Australian society in relational terms; relate the class model to a number of specific variables in the area of ideology and political participation; examine the differential nature of men's and women's access to, orientations toward and positions in the labour process; and to provide the Australian component of a major international comparative project on class structure in a number of advanced industrial societies. Two questionnaires were employed: a Workforce Questionnaire which was administered by personal interview, and a separate attitude questionnaire which the respondent completed alone. The Workforce Questionnaire consisted of several sections. The first section, Current Occupation and Employment, asked detailed questions about current job, industry sector, employment status, promotion and seniority, educational qualifications required, and the male-female ratio in the job. Sections on Job Autonomy, Supervision, and Decision-making asked about job flexibility and ability to make effective decisions, job conditions and the respondent's supervisory role. Other sections were Work/Unemployment History, and Union Participation. These sections were followed by a detailed section on the household division of labour, which asked questions on living arrangements, partner's occupation and previous work experience, numbers of children in the household, and an extensive set of questions on many household tasks and who performs them, as well as family decision making. A Family Background section covered financial support and parents' work and educational qualifications, while a section on Friends and Relatives asked about occupation details for the respondent's closest two friends or relatives. A section on Ideology, Interests, Identity and Alliances asked about personal identification, views of Australian society, subjective views on social class, interest in and participation in political process, voting behaviour, political actions and membership of organisations. Finally, this questionnaire included a section for demographic information, covering age, sex, education, birthplace of respondent and parents, religion and church attendance, home ownership, personal and household income, and household composition. The separate attitude questionnaire asked about views on current social and political issues, the media, opinions on poverty and strikes, economic issues such as taxes and big business, government and government institutions, women's issues, attitudes to work and work organisations
Australian IEA Civic Education Study: File Schools
No full textThis dataset is the Australian part of an international study which aimed to compare different concepts, areas of interest, and knowledge in the field of civic education. There were 29 countries involved in the study, which incorporated both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Phase 1 documented what experts and others with an interest in the field in each country believe it is important for 14-year-olds to know about a wide range of civic and political matters. Phase 2 was the testing stage of the study. Information was obtained from nationally representative samples of students about student knowledge, skills, concepts, attitudes and actions with items from the following domains: Democracy, Institutions, Rights and Responsibilities, National Identity, Social Cohesion and Social Diversity. Data collection took place in 1999 and involved 4,000 Year 9 students in 150 schools. Teachers and Principals also provided information about teaching practices and about school population characteristics and resources. Background variables for teachers were age and sex. Background variables for students were age, sex, ethnicity, age at immigration, newspapers/books in home, parents' education and participation in community activities. At ADA, the dataset is held as three data files - Australian IEA Civic Education Study: File Schools (01061-Schools), Australian IEA Civic Education Study: File Teachers (01061-Teachers), and Australian IEA Civic Education Study: File Students (01061-Students). Further information, including technical documentation and research reports, is available from the ACER website at www.acer.edu.au
Australian standard of living study, 1987
No full textThe Australian Standard of Living Study was designed to develop indicators of the standard of living in Australia that would allow better comparisons over time, and with other countries, than was previously possible. The study aimed to avoid the assumption that a poverty threshold can be adequately defined in terms of current (weekly or annual) income. The survey makes use of direct measures of standard of living such as housing, nourishment, transport and clothing, rather than indirect measures such as income which only indicate capacity to achieve a specified standard of living. The approach is based on the Level of Living Studies, a method of social accounting which has been used in Scandinavia since the 1960s. The survey includes self-assessment of financial well-being, money-saving behaviours, capacity to raise money, assets, debts, financial assistance from parents, health and health expenses, contact with relatives, marital history, expenditure for children, housing arrangements, work hours, income, leisure activities, social support, and life satisfaction. Background variables include parents' birthplace, parents' education level, parents' occupation, number of children, marital status, spouse's occupation, and respondent's education, qualifications, and employment history