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Intellectual development of adolescents and pre-adolescents from psychometric and cognitive developmental perspectives, 1985-1988: File rs6
No full textThe aim of this study was to conduct a part longitudinal and part cross-sectional study of the rate of growth of intellectual capacity of individuals, and in particular to determine: the nature of the development on a test set in the psychometric tradition and scaled to subscribe to the fundamental measurement; the relationship of this development to development ascertained from the cognitive developmental tradition associated with the work of Piaget; and the relationship of cognitive development in what are termed the social and physical domains. An extended test analogous to the Raven's (ACER 1958) Progressive Matrices Tests were used. Variables coded in each data set include gender and scored responses to the Raven's items administered at each testing session. The final data file contains information regarding the initial age of the subjects and their heights across all 6 testing sessions
Overseas arrivals and departures, Australia 1975-1981: six-monthly detailed tables: File a81
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
Negotiating the Life Course, 2010
No full textNegotiating the Life Course is designed to study the changing life courses and decision-making processes of Australian men and women as the family and society move from male breadwinner orientation, in the direction of higher levels of gender equity. This fifth wave was conducted in 2010.
Variables across the waves include relationship and fertility histories, household work, child care arrangements, future objectives, attitudes to work, promotion, children and relationships. Background variables across the waves include parental country of birth, employment, occupation and education, respondent's and spouse's place of residence, education, income, housing, religion, health status, birthplace, marital status and household composition
Negotiating the Life Course, 2003, Wave 3
No full textNegotiating the Life Course is designed to study the changing life courses and decision-making processes of Australian men and women as the family and society move from male breadwinner orientation in the direction of higher levels of gender equity. The project has six aims: to extend the theories of human capital and new home economics in explaining women's and men's labour force participation; to map women's and men's work trajectories over their life course, from career entry into retirement, and to develop explanatory models of career trajectories; to identify those aspects of the family-household system and the labour market that facilitate or impede women's involvement with the labour market; to investigate the interrelationships between labour force decisions about family formation and household arrangements; to identify the portfolio of resources that women and men draw upon throughout their lives when making decisions about career and family; and to assess the policy implications of the findings of the project for the institutions of the welfare state, the labour market and the family. Wave 1 was conducted in 1996 (ADA No. 1015), Wave 2 in 2000 (ADA No. 1062) and this third wave was conducted in 2003. Variables across the waves include relationship and fertility histories, household work, child care arrangements, future objectives, attitudes to work, promotion, children and relationships. Introduced in Wave 3 are variables focusing on maternity leave, retirement, HECS and The General Health Questionnaire. Background variables across the waves include parental country of birth, employment, occupation and education, respondent's and spouse's place of residence, education, income, housing, religion, health status, birthplace, marital status and household composition
Issues in Multicultural Australia, 1988: Sample born in Malta, Vietnam or Lebanon
No full textAs part of the wider study of Issues in Multicultural Australia, a survey of adults resident in Australia and born in Malta, Vietnam or Lebanon was conducted. This survey provided supplementary data to that obtained in four other surveys: a general sample of the population; a sample of non-English speaking born immigrants (the NESB sample); persons born in Australia whose father or mother was born in a non-English speaking country (the second generation sample); and persons who migrated to Australia since July 1981 from non-English speaking countries (the new arrivals sample). The general aims of this study are: to examine multiculturalism as a policy, through the experience of Australians; as a set of beliefs, through their attitudes; and as an aspect of cultural maintenance, through their perceptions. The survey concentrates on three broad themes. First, it examines the attitudes of the Australian and overseas born towards multiculturalism, focussing in particular on views about the maintenance of customs, ways of life and patterns of behaviour among immigrants. Second, the barriers which exist to providing full access and equity to overseas born groups are analysed, principally in the fields of education, jobs and in the provision of general health and welfare programmes and services. Third, the study looks at levels of participation in the social and political spheres in community, cultural and work related organisations, and in the use of the political process to remedy problems and grievances. Separate sections of the questionnaire deal with the respondent's background - country of birth and parents' country of birth, father's occupation and educational level; language - English language ability, languages spoken, use of own language; ethnicity - identification with ethnic groups, government aid to such groups, religious observance; education - school leaving age, qualifications obtained, recognition of overseas qualifications, transition to employment; current job - job status, occupation, industry, working conditions, trade union membership, gross income, problems looking for work; spouse - country of birth, education and qualifications, occupation and industry, income and income sources; immigration - attitudes to immigration policy, opportunities for immigrants, social distance from various ethnic groups, and attitudes to authority; family and social networks - numbers of children, siblings in Australia, numbers of close friends in Australia, neighbours; citizenship - citizenship status, participation in political matters and interest in politics; trust in government; and multiculturalism - views on what multiculturalism means, and its importance to Australian society
Australian two-party preferred votes, 1949-1982: File q3
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)
Nursing Home Study, 1987-1992
No full textThe Nursing Home Study was undertaken with the broad aim of achieving a better understanding of implementation of the nursing home outcome standards, which the Commonwealth government introduced in July 1987. The study was partially funded by the Department of Community Services and Health, and was undertaken in nursing homes in the states of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. The study sampled two populations, directors of nursing (DON) and standards monitoring team (SMT) members. Variables were similar for each of the sampled populations and included hierarchical structure of the nursing home; committees within the nursing home; perceptions of the ratings given by SMT of the nursing home; perceptions of the standards; perceived costs of meeting the standards; and perceptions of the SMT. Background variables include state; sex; employment status; occupation and educational attainment
Secondary school mathematics in Australia, 1978: File sc1
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
Overseas arrivals and departures, Australia, 1980 - 1994: unit record data: File a87
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 quarterly basis from the first quarter of 1980, 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). This particular data set refers to information collected in 1987. Information collected includes category and mode of travel, reason for journey, duration of stay, country of birth, citizenship, dis/embarkation, as well as age, marital status, sex and occupation
Ten Year Longitudinal Study of School Leavers, 1980-1989
No full textThis longitudinal survey followed three cohorts of school leavers over a ten-year period, looking at the transition from school to work. An initial sample from twelve metropolitan Adelaide public high schools was taken in 1980. The questionnaire used in schools (1980-1983) examined attributional style; perceived social supports and leisure activities. This questionnaire also contained separate sections on psychological measures. Rosenberg's (1965) Self-Esteem Scale; the Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale (1974) and Smith's (1973) short measure of achievement motivation were used. After 1984, when all respondents had left school, a number of different scales were incorporated. Respondents were asked to complete the General Health Questionnaire; The Hopelessness Scale of Beck, Weisman, Lester and Trexler (1984) was used; Srole's (1965) scale for measuring anomia (anomie); and the job satisfaction of employed respondents was measured. The 1988 version of the questionnaire also included some questions on general health, some on financial resources as well as some additional scales. Srole's Anomia Scale was used to detect general disaffection; a scale of life satisfaction was also used; and a modified version of the Multi-Dimensional Support Scale used by Neuling and Winefield (1988) measured the frequency and satisfaction with souces of support to the respondent. A shorter questionnaire was administered in the final year of the study (1989). It included the Depressive Affect Scale; the General Health Questionnaire and the final items from the Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction scales. Background variables included age, sex, highest level of education, occupation and ethnic origin