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Overseas arrivals and departures, Australia, 1980 - 1994: unit record data: File b90
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 1990. 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
Impact of multicultural television, Adelaide, 1985-1986
No full textThis study was carried out in two stages throughout 1985 and 1986. A pre-transmission study, before the arrival of SBS-TV in Adelaide, was carried out in May and June 1985, and a post-transmission follow-up was conducted in June 1986. The study's principal aims were to assess the impact of multicultural television on Adelaide viewers, and the extent to which SBS-TV was meeting its broadcasting and programming objectives. The pre-transmission survey provided rich baseline data on community attitudes, media habits, and respondent profiles. It included an attitudinal scale consisting of twenty-nine items regarding migrants and immigration, and social distance and social interaction measures. The Adelaide post-transmission survey included the same attitudinal measures as used in the pre-transmission survey (See Multicultural Television, Adelaide, 1985, pre-transmission survey). The more specific objectives of the study were to identify a profile of viewers and non-viewers; measure audience reactions to program content, type, scheduling and subtitling; assess the educational role of multicultural television; examine the role of multicultural television in informing, educating, and entertaining special needs groups; evaluate the role of multicultural television in assisting the settlement process of non-English speaking migrants; measure the extent to which multicultural television supplements existing services; and, gauge, in a longitudinal context, the effectiveness of multicultural television in promoting tolerance, self-esteem, understanding and multiculturalism. Topics covered were patterns of media usage (newspapers, radio and television); level of information on UHF and SBS-TV in Adelaide; perceived aims of multicultural television; government support for multicultural programs; and a twenty-nine item attitudinal scale, covering migrants and immigration, social distance and social interaction. The follow-up survey also included questions on multicultural television programming, types of programs, satisfaction with viewing, and frequency of viewing. Background information included age, sex, birthplace, occupation, education level, language facility, marital status, income and ethnic identity
Australian two-party preferred votes, 1949-1982: File n2
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)
International political economic issues, Australia, 1975
No full textThis is one of a number of studies of Australians commissioned by the United States International Communications Agency. Topics in this survey included the importance of political ties between Australia and other countries; Australia's role in South East Asia; Australia's relationship with other countries, in particular the U.S.; the strongest country in the world; potential military and security threats to Australia; U.S. roles in Asia; ANZUS treaty; Australia's spending on national defence; influence of current events in Vietnam and Cambodia on Australia's relationships with other countries; economic aid to Vietnam and Cambodia by Australia; the amount and effect of foreign investment in Australia by other countries; the amount and effect of trade between Australia and other countries; effect of trade policies of other countries on their trade relationship with Australia. Background variables include age, country of origin, marital status, education, employment status, income, occupation, family size, sex, political affiliation and breadwinner's occupation
Controlled availability of opioids: a feasibility study, 1991
No full textThe aim of this study was to explore the issues surrounding a suggested trial of controlled availability of opioids in the ACT. The study involved four different surveys, designed to elicit the views of the general community, police, service providers and drug users/ex-users. All four questionnaires surveyed perceptions of what constitutes a drug problem, attitudes to taking various drugs, awareness of the proposal for a controlled availability trial, support for the suggested trial, and opinions about how the trial should be conducted. In addition, the community survey asked whether any close person has been an illegal drug user or affected by drug-related crime, and asked about personal experience of drug-related illness or other problems. The police survey covered involvement with drug-related matters in police work, opinions about drugs in relation to crime (e.g. which drug is most responsible for crime, effectiveness of current police policy, extent of drug-related crime in the ACT, penalties for drug-related crime, drug-related corruption in the police force), beliefs about the effect of the proposed trial on police, and detailed opinions about procedures for the proposed trial and effects of the trial. Community service providers were asked about the main function of their service, proportion of clients under18 years, treatment philosophy, perceived effectiveness of various treatments, detailed opinions about procedures for the proposed trial and effects of the trial, and personal experience with drugs. Drug users and ex-users were asked about drug usage among friends and co-habitants, current drug use, treatment for heroin/opiate use (intended, current or past treatment), means of raising money for drugs, driving under the influence of drugs, drug-related violence, opinions about the suggested trial, interest in being placed on the trial, and perceived personal effects of the trial. Background variables covered by all four surveys were sex, year of birth, age at leaving school, level of education, whether the respondent has children under 25 years old, and whether the respondent currently practices a religion. Additional background variables for the police survey were length of time in the police force, current employment status, area of police work, length of time in current section, and current rank. Background variables for the service providers survey included current employment status and occupation. Background variables for the drug users/ex-users survey included employment status, current living situation, and residential mobility
Structural properties of groups, 1976-1978: File 77o
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
Developing sustainable affordable housing, 2011
No full textThis study examines how contemporary Australian affordable housing projects are designed, financed, developed and managed. The study aims to deepen understanding and raise awareness of the various trade-offs that shape the design and development of affordable housing projects in Australia, and to suggest ways in which such trade-offs can be managed to deliver outcomes that are socially, environmentally and financially sustainable. The study also offers a tool for project-level evaluation of affordable housing. The study consists of 8 data files that correspond to 8 affordable housing projects across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. These files have been merged to one data file with the placement of an arbritrary identifier, for ease of use. Topics in this study include satisfaction with home features, satisfaction of services in local areas, community activities, and household demographics
Internal migration in Victoria, 1973
No full textThis study is concerned with the patterns and causes of internal migration in Victoria. Fourth form students in government secondary schools in six Victorian towns completed a questionnaire in class and took another home to their parents. Both parents and students were asked to provide information about their residence histories including information on travel, locations of residences, age at moving, reasons for moving and farm/non-farm residence. The residence histories in the parents' questionnaire covered the period from marriage and birth of children to the children's coming of age. An attitude section sought ratings of the desirability of areas of Victoria as places of work and dwelling. Background variables were age, sex and duration of residence of Australia, and in addition for parents, education, marital status and numbers, sex, and age of all children
Overseas arrivals and departures, Australia, 1980 - 1994: unit record data: File a86
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 1986. 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
South Australia Supreme Court 1845-1899
No full textTrials on indictment in the South Australian Supreme Court, 1845-1899. Data collected for the Prosecution Project from court registers and police gazettes. Data includes name and sex of accused, offence charged, verdict, sentence, judge, date of trial and location