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Australian two-party preferred votes, 1949-1982: File w1
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)
Graduate Destination Survey, 1996
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
Accuracy of General Practioners' Diagnosis of Skin Cancer, 1994
No full textThe aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of general practitioners' (GP) clinical diagnosis of skin lesions. The GP survey includes a confidence rating for identifying 17 types of dermatological lesions. The patient survey includes questions about sunburn, medical examinations for skin cancer, and relatives with melanoma Background variables for the GP survey include age, sex, year graduated, and the number of years as a practicing GP. Background variables for the patient survey include sex, year and place of birth, level of education attained, and employment status
PATH Through Life Project, 2003, Wave 2
No full textThe PATH Project is a longitudinal study that aims to measure the systemic patterns of anxiety and depression across an adult life span, focusing on different influential factors such as gender, occupation, personality, physical health, brain changes and genetics. The study, which began in 1999, will be conducted every four years with the same participants over a twenty year period. In 1999, the 20-24 year old cohort was interviewed, with the 40-44 year olds interviewed in 2000, and the 60-64 year olds interviewed in 2001. This dataset relates to Wave 2 of the study, which was completed in 2006. The cohorts at the time of wave 2 are 24-28 year olds, 44-48 year olds and 64-68 year olds. Participants were asked questions relating to health/medical problems, levels of daily activity, levels of energy, emotional issues, vitamin/supplements intake, consumption of medication, feelings of anxiety or depression, alcohol/drug consumption and relationships with family and friends, as well as questions which measured the participant’s memory. Background variables include gender, age, marital status, highest level of education achieved, employment status and number of children
Community benefits from the arts, Sydney 1982.
No full textThis survey was conducted among the community at large to establish the extent and nature of demand for the arts in Australia as a public good. Topics investigated include attendance at live professional performances of plays, ballet, opera and musical events; level of interest in different art and craft forms; attendance at professional exhibitions of arts or crafts; listening to classical music at home on radio, record or tape; watching good quality plays on television; participation in professional or amateur arts or crafts activities; and levels of public funding of arts and crafts which would be acceptable to the respondent. Attitudinal questions included the importance of the arts to Australia and to the Australian way of life, together with the role of arts education and whether there should be public funding of the arts. Demographic variables include age, sex, marital status, country of origin, level of education, occupation, type of household, gross income of respondent, gross household income, relationship of respondent within household, number of adults in the household, and number of adult respondents in each household
Social Futures and Life Pathways of Young People in Queensland: A Longitudinal Project, Wave 1
No full textThe longitudinal 'Social Futures and Life Pathways of Young People in Queensland' project seeks to examine changes in the attitudes, behaviours and life pathways of Queensland high school students. Specifically, the project is concerned with empirically addressing theoretical assertions regarding deinstitutionalisation (the apparent decline and/or restructuring of social institutions) and the emergence of the reflexive self (a form of selfhood in which individuals monitor, engage with and adapt to deinstitutionalisation processes). The wave one dataset contains information on the educational and occupational orientations of students. It examines expectations for the future (such as life goals and aspired occupations), the quality of friendship and family networks, trust in others, confidence in institutions, social values and social identification. Major variable groups address general future possibilities in the form of moving location, child-rearing, marriage (and marriage dissolution), employment (and the possibility of unemployment). Students were also asked narrower questions regarding their intentions for life immediately after high school (e.g. whether or not they will attend university, find a job etc). Furthermore, students were asked to nominate how confident they were that they would achieve a good education, a job that pays well and so forth. The influence of family and non-family members over respondent decision-making was enquired into, and respondents were asked to nominate their confidence in socialising groups such as family and peer networks and teachers. Extending on this focus on interpersonal trust, students were also asked to rate their trust in institutions such as the media and the state (specifically, police and government). Respondents were also asked to rate the importance of setting goals, having self-confidence and finding meaning in life. In addition, respondents were asked to nominate how happy it would make them to acheive socially-recognised milestones such as marrying, having children and possessing a university degree. Finally, contextual information was sought regarding possible upheavals in respondents' recent histories. Students were asked whether or not they had changed schools, experienced serious health problem or had experienced family problems. Background variables cover gender, date of birth and country of birth, languages spoken at home, gender and ethnicity. Parents' countries of birth and occupation were also captured. A three-digit code representing high school has also been included in the data
Does Information Change Support For Aid 2016
No full textThis dataset contains data files, Stata do files, & explanatory files associated with a Development Policy Centre run survey experiment conducted to study whether providing Australians with information on Australian aid volumes changes public opinions about aid. The study was run as three separate experiments, conducted over subsequent weeks. The experiments were embedded in omnibus surveys run by Essential Media. Sample size in each experiment was about 1000 drawn from a broadly socio-demographically representative pool of Australians. Assignment to treatment and control groups was randomised
Medical record audits as a means of preventitive care
No full textThe medical records audit forms part of a larger study which examined the process and outcomes of preventitive care practiced by GP's. The audit was pursued to evaluate the quality of medical records from diverse practice settings, particularly in relation to the recording of preventitive information. Audit data for each patient included the number of visits made to GPs; the number of referrals to specialists; the detection of bowel cancer, malignant melanoma's, heart attack, or high blood pressure; whether the (female) patient had undergone a hysterectomy or a mammogram, if the patient suffered from asthma or diabetes, and if weight, BMI, height, alcohol consumption and smoking status had been recorded
Graduate Destination Survey, 1993
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
Graduate Destinations Survey, 1979
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 1979 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