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Victorian Female Prisoners 1860-1934
No full textFemale Prisoners discharged from Victorian Prisons 1860-1934. The data includes name, offence, sentence, trial date, discharge date, conviction history and some prisoner attributes including religion, literacy, place and year of birth and ship of arrival in Australi
Structural properties of groups, 1976-1978: File 78a
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
Australian Everyday Consumption Project, 1994-1995
No full textThe Australian Everyday Consumption project represents the first ever study of Australians' cultural consumption. The study aims to delineate the cultural activities of Australians and their relationship to social class. The survey covers a broad range of cultural pursuits, and variables include the books, newspapers and magazines people read; the film and television programs they watch; the types of cars they drive and possession of other consumer durables; their musical interests; the suburbs they live in; their homes and levels of home ownership; whether they gamble; their hobbies; whether they play and/or watch sport; membership of clubs; what they eat; their pets; how often they attend galleries, concerts and/or the theatre; the clothes they wear; their families and friends; working conditions and working hours; comparisons with spouse and parents; personal and household financial details; religious beliefs and practices; and their attitudes towards societal classes, culture, politics and government, finance and the economy, trade unions, gender and employment, and Aboriginal land rights. Background variables include respondent's age, sex, marital status, level of education, country of birth, work status, income and occupation
Graduate Destinations Survey, 1975
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 education graduates after the completion of their degree. The survey was begun in 1974 and has been conducted annually since then. This particular file reflects the 1975 data. 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 categorised into three areas of investigation: Course, Employment and Further study. Course variables include level of qualification attained; field of study; attendance; length of time taken to complete the course; and employer support, if applicable, during the course. Employment variables include employment status at census date; whether employed full-time or part-time; whether a short-term or permanent employee; occupation at census date; annual salary; and length of service. Further study variables include level of current qualification; field of study; attendance; date of course commencement; and institution attended. Background variables include age, 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
Homophobia in High School Students, 1993
No full textThe aim of this study was to assess the effects of an anti-homophobia kit on high school students. This kit was developed by the Department of School Education in 1991 and was not a compulsory unit. The study surveyed students before and after taking the course. Part One of the study used the Modified Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Scale (MATHS) to assess homophobia in students. Part Two asked for responses to case scenarios involving homosexuality. Part Three involved questions on what sort of activities students would be willing to participate in, involving the promotion of gay and lesbian issues
Australian two-party preferred votes, 1949-1982: File q2
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)
Belconnen social survey, 1976
No full textThis survey has its origins in a continuing programme of research into population mobility and community change in Australia. It examines the 'settling-in process' in a planned new town, and focuses on residential/migration histories, life/career cycle stage, dwelling tenure status, social networks and organisational and community participation. Topics investigated were residential history including the move to Canberra, location preferences, possible future moves, opinions on features of the suburb of residence, satisfaction ratings of aspects of the suburb of residence, available transport, proximity of relatives, friends and neighbours, available child care, potential emergency help, active membership of organisations, use of community facilities and opinions on social problems in Canberra and helping agencies. Background variables were age, sex, marital status, household composition, birthplace, education, occupation and income
Australian Constitutional Referendum Survey, 1999: Public release version
No full textThe 1999 Australian Constitutional Referendum Study was conducted to investigate the Australian electorate's attitudes towards the significant political issues surrounding the 1999 constitutional referendum. As part of the Australian Election Study series, the 1999 ACRS provides a perspective on the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian public which, in turn, can be compared to those attitudes recorded at past and future electoral events. The 1999 ACRS also functions more specifically as a means of investigating the patterns of public opinion concerning the republic and its specific features. Variables include voting preference; degree of exposure to media reporting of the Referendum; level of interest in the Referendum debate; past and present political affiliation; party voted for in the last (1998) election; evaluation of parties, politicians and key participants in the Referendum debate; views on national identity, preferred head of state and the importance of the Queen and the Royal Family to Australia; knowledge of the current role of the Queen and the Governor General and future role the President if Australia became a republic; perceived changes to powers held by the Prime Minister and the President, political stability in Australia, Australia's standing in the world, and ease of future constitutional reform; attitudes to a range of issues including unions, big business, income distribution, law enforcement, equal opportunities for migrants/women, Aboriginal land rights; and views on the preferred function of society, government and the law. Background variables include level of education, employment status, occupation, type of employer, position at workplace, trade union membership, sex, age, own and parents country of birth, parents' political preferences, religion, marital status, income, and where applicable, the occupation, trade union membership and political preference of the respondent's spouse
Australian Parliamentary Candidates, 1990 Federal Election
No full textThe study contains data on social and political characteristics of all candidates standing for election to the House of Representatives and the Senate in the Australian federal election of 24 March 1990, plus certain social and political features of the electoral divisions in which they stood (for House of Representatives candidates only). Basic variables are: house contested; state; electoral division*; party affiliation; sex; occupation; whether elected or not; first preference vote in 1990 election*; position on ballot; incumbency status; years in parliament; ministerial status; number of candidates on ballot; median income in electoral division*; urban-rural location of electoral division*; two-party preferred vote in 1987 in the electoral division*; two-party preferred vote in 1990 in the electoral division*. *for House of Representatives candidates onl
Survey of the military profession, Australia, 1987
No full textThe project is designed as a panel study of military professionals, commencing in 1987. The study will examine the professional socialisation and assimilation of officer cadets, their career mobility and retention, and attitudes relating to the role of the military in society, as well as more general social and political attitudes. The questionnaire was divided into a number of sections, dealing with service and personal background (age, sex, marital status, education, previous defence force involvement); family background (birthplace, religious denomination, father's occupation, parents' birthplace and school leaving age, father's armed forces service); and choice of career. A section on training and education covered attitudes towards the importance of tertiary and postgraduate qualifications, the role of women in the services, cooperation between the various services and the importance of leisure time. Respondents were also asked about their views on the role of the officer and the military profession, and professional status in society, as well as on a range of social and political issues