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Structural properties of groups, 1976-1978: File 77q
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
Families, Social Capital and Citizenship Survey, 2001
No full textThe Families, Social Capital and Citizenship project aims to examine levels of social capital associated with varying family circumstances, assess the importance of social capital in shaping patterns of family engagement with the economy, polity and community, and assess the relative importance of different elements of social capital (including trust, reciprocity and the size and structure of networks) to these outcomes. Variables include: institutional ties; involvement with different community groups; the extensiveness of informal ties with family, friends and neighbours, levels of trust and reciprocity within these networks, the receipt or provision of emotional, practical and financial support within these networks, the use or provision of care for the elderly, the disabled or children; trust and confidence in different institutions; and feelings about ones neighbourhood. Background variables include: age, gender and relationships of persons in the household; respondent country of birth and languages spoken; occupation, education, income and income sources; parent's education; and partners and friends education and occupation
Overseas arrivals and departures, Australia, 1980 - 1994: unit record data: File b81
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 1981. 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
Secondary school mathematics in Australia, 1964: File st3
No full textSurveys of the mathematical achievement of high school students were carried out in twelve countries. This dataset contains the data from the Australian study in a structure designed to correspond to the data files from a subsequent study, carried out in 1978 (see SSDA study no. 71). The two study-design aimed to investigate changes in secondary school mathematics over the 14 year period. Students completed a mathematics test; an opinion questionnaire on the importance of mathematics, the facility of mathematics, the teaching of mathematics, school enjoyment and control over the environment; and background questionnaire on demographic and mathematical education variables. Questionnaires were also completed by teachers and school principals
Sydney Older Persons Study: Wave 3, 1996 - 1997
No full textThe Sydney Older Persons Study is a longitudinal study aiming to increase the understanding about ageing successfully, with a focus on the definition, consequences and possible causes of neurodegenerative disorders. Over a 10 year period, participants aged 75 years and older were regularly tested on their mental and physical function. Over the span of the study, the average age was 89 years old, including 15 participants who were over 100 years old. This wave of the study (conducted between 1996 and 1997) did not have the broad aims of the first two waves. It is a more specific study which involved taking a blood sample from the participants, together with the completion of a medication history. Background variables include age, gender, country of birth, parents' country of birth, marital status and main language spoken. For any further information, please refer to the Project Summary provided by the Ageing Research Centre: http://www.sesahs.nsw.gov.au/powh/arc/projects.as
Career development project, 1977-1987: File h87
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
Graduate Destination Survey, 2003 (Non Research Based Higher Degree)
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
Forests community attitudes survey, Australia, 1990
No full textThis study was conducted as part of the Resource and Assessment Commission Forest and Timber Inquiry. It was designed to assess public opinion towards the environment, forests, and forest management in Australia. Variables covered include concern about various social issues, environmental problems in the respondent's locality, concern about national and global environmental problems, preferred goals for Australia, political affiliation, value placed on environmental protection, the respondent's conceptualisation of environmental damage, support for various lobby groups, attitudes to logging and various forestry issues, and whether the respondent has visited a native forest in the preceding twelve months. Background variables covered were sex, year of birth, marital status, age at leaving school, years of tertiary education, highest qualification since leaving school, employment status, occupation, type of employer, and membership of a trade union or staff association
Papua New Guinea urban (employment) survey, 1973-1974
No full textThe Urban Household Survey was designed to obtain detailed information on the workforce participation and employment status of urban residents aged 15 to 44 years in Papua New Guinea together with information on the characteristics of urban populations that might contribute to understanding the nature and causes of unemployment. Persons aged 15-44 years were asked about their housing and migration history, employment history, material resources, family responsibilities, and travel to home village. Background variables were languages spoken, age, sex, education and marital status for all household members
Foreign affairs issues, Australia, 1980
No full textTopics in this survey include current problems facing Australia and the world, the strongest country in the world, naval strength in the Pacific region, defence spending, Australian national security, security in the Pacific region and the 1979 Afghanistan conflict. Background variables include age, country of birth, marital status, work status, occupation, family size, the number, age and sex of children, phone and TV ownership, gender, shopper information, religious affiliation and whether the participant was enrolled to vote