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Rural Health Research Register, 1991-1992
No full textThe Rural Health Register has been designed to record projects initiated in the field of rural health throughout Australia. A major objective of the register is to support education, training and research programmes in rural health by providing information on the range of research currently completed, assisting in the identification of areas of future interest and providing a means of liaison for research personnel. The development of a substantial and integrated information base in rural health research will assist not only current and intending researchers with a rural health interest, but also those personnel who plan and execute health policy and those concerned with the planning and delivery of training and further education programmes. This service will extend to health care providers and ultimately to the rural community. Variables include project subject; the source, amount and duration of project funding; the principal researcher(s) and the co-investigators. Background variables include the profession and position of the researcher, and the institute he or she is associated with
Career development project, 1977-1987: File g
No full textThe Career Development Project is an extensive study spanning the years 1977-1987. It aims to explore the career development patterns, tertiary and related work experiences of samples of students in different age groups both in Western Australia and nationally. Data files are held for the following samples in this study: (1) secondary school students in Western Australia, interviewed in their last year of secondary school (1977) and reinterviewed in 1978 and 1979; (2) tertiary graduates from five Western Australian tertiary institutions interviewed in their last year of study in 1977, and then in 1978 and 1979; (3) a comparative study of younger and older (mature age) graduates from six Australian tertiary institutions first interviewed in 1986, then again in 1987; and (4) the Australian component of an international survey of secondary school students, using the same questionnaire as the main secondary school survey in 1977. Topic areas covered for secondary and tertiary samples include: choice of occupation and factors involved in that choice; preferences for and views on local tertiary institutions; reasons for continuing formal education; self esteem and achievement; courses of study and satisfaction with current enrolment; assessment of difficulties obtaining a job; sex role attitudes; attitudes to work; goals for the future; important personal qualities; opinions on politics and society, particularly in relation to women; factors influencing career and lifestyle; and employment history since graduation. The mature age sample was also asked questions relating to restrictions and obstacles to entering certain career paths; constraints on career and employment due to family responsibilities; and experience of discrimination due to age, gender and social class. Background questions include: age, sex, birthplace, marital status, secondary school details, number of siblings and respondent's position in the family; age, occupation, educational level, birthplace of parents; first language spoken by respondent and parents; present and childhood religious denomination; and assessment of parents' income and social orientation
Australian two-party preferred votes, 1949-1982: File c1
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)
ANU Poll 2018: Role of Government and Populism
No full textThis poll is the twenty-sixth in an ongoing series of polls being undertaken by the Social Research Centre for the ANU. Their purpose is to assess Australians' opinions on important and topical issues, with an emphasis on international comparisons. These polls are typically conducted three times a year, or about every four months. Some questions appear in every poll in order to provide information about changes in opinion over time; the majority of questions appear in one poll only. This research is used to inform public debate and policy about issues affecting Australia.
The aim of this poll is to measure Australians’ opinions on which services government should provide, how they should be delivered, and which level of government is most appropriate. We include an experiment-based test of respondents’ attitudes to randomised controlled trials of policy interventions. Finally, we measure the extent of respondents’ populist attitudes and their personality (‘Big 5’) characteristics
Graduates in the labour market, 1984
No full textThe main aim of this study was to document the pattern of employment and further study of the 1979 bachelor degree graduates of six Australian universities in the five years following their graduation, with a particular focus on the incidence of unemployment, retention in the labour market, type of employer, earnings and mobility in the labour market. Topics covered include details of further study (level, subjects, full time or part time status) employment history (type of employer, type of industry, time spent with each employer, reasons for leaving, salary and benefits, job description), periods of unemployment and job satisfaction. Background information included age, sex, marital status, original degree and country of permanent residence in 1978
Australian two-party preferred votes, 1949-1982: File n6
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)
National Social Science Survey, 1995/96
No full textThis file is the eighth in the National Social Science Survey (NSSS) series and repeats many of the questions asked in previous rounds. The survey includes questions asked as part of the International Social Survey Programme. Comparative data from all countries in the Programme are processed and distributed by the Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung (ZA) at the University of Cologne (National Identity). The survey also includes questions asked as a part of Reshaping Australian Institutions. The data file contains a wide range of attitudinal questions. Sections cover attitudes to government policies; trade unionism; attitudes to political leaders, parties and election issues; voting and party identification; feeling thermometer ratings of political leaders, groups and institutions; courtship and marriage; religious beliefs and behaviours; and life satisfaction. The National Identity module covers attitudes to national identity; Australian citzenship; international relations and immigration. Reshaping Australian Institutions includes questions covering opinions on public institutions; politics and participation; the political system; immigrants and citizenship; the role of the media; national parks and the environment; the legal system; and the workplace. Background variables include respondents' occupation, education and qualifications; income, assets and standard of living; trade union membership, political orientation and religion; birthplace of parents; and education, political orientation and trade union membership of spouse
Graduate Destination Survey, 1984
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
1975 New Zealand Pre-election Survey
No full textThe New Zealand Pre-election Survey, 1975 was conducted during the fortnight preceding the general election of 29 November, and sampled six electorates. It was the most extensive area coverage of personal interview surveys that had been conducted to that time, and included the second survey in the Lyttelton series. The main focus of the survey was 'personal voting'. The respondent was questioned as to his knowledge, contact with, and opinions of candidates standing in his electorate, interest in politics, and likes and dislikes of leaders of the major parties. His opinion about the probable outcome of the election at both a local and national level was sought, as was his perception of important issues at a local and national level. The respondent's political behaviour, such as whether he had ever changed his vote, self-identification with a particular party, membership of political parties and participation in politics, was investigated. Background variables include: duration of residence in the electorate, sex, further education after leaving school, occupation, spouse's occupation, age, religion, country of birth, self-assessment of class, and voting intention
Structural properties of groups, 1976-1978: File 78o
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