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Australian Gallup Polls, December 1978
No full textTopics include: whether the respondent would like to see Australia's population growing faster in the next five years than over the last five years; whether a population increase should be brought about by a greater intake of migrants or by Australian families having more children; whether Australia should declare itself a republic; whether the respondent approves of Australia retaining the Queen as Head of State; whether the respondent would prefer an elected President with extensive powers as in the U.S.A. or a Government-appointed President with only limited powers if there were no monarchy system in Australia; the legalisation of prostitution and of homosexual acts between consenting adults; Mr Fraser as Prime Minister; Mr Hayden as Leader of the Opposition; whether the respondent supports the Federal Government's changes to health insurance in Australia and whether the changes will improve the quality of health services; and, whether the respondent is covered by a private health insurance fund. Background variables include age, sex, marital status, level of education, income, occupation of self and head of household, telephone ownership, type and tenure of dwelling, voting enrolment, vote intention, and, whether the respondent participates in the decision to purchase goods on behalf of his employer
Security and Defence Issues, New Zealand, 1984
No full textTopics in this survey include: ANZUS and New Zealand security; support for variety of forms of defence co-operation; US or New Zealand benefits more from ANZUS; ANZUS and risk of attack of New Zealand; trust in US to come to New Zealand's defence; continue in ANZUS alliance; New Zealand security and US naval forces in Western Pacific and Indian Oceans; visits by US warships with nuclear powered engines; visits by US warships carrying nuclear weapons; visits by any type of US warship; US and New Zealand naval training exercises and ANZUS effectiveness; Western defence alliances and nuclear arms control agreements between US and USSR; strategies for securing Western security. Standard variables include self-placement on left-right spectrum, household size, age, marital status, schooling, occupation of respondent or of main income earner, household income, sex, area. This study is the third of four (SSDA No's 521 to 524) commissioned by the United States Information Service between 1982 and 1985 on New Zealanders' attitudes to defence issues. Similar studies were carried out in Australia at the same time (SSDA No's 525 to 532) which contain some parallel questions
Professions in Australia, 1965-1998
No full textThe Professions in Australia study aimed to follow the attitudes and experiences of students over the course of their studies, from the beginning of their first year of studies in engineering, law, medicine and teaching through to the end of their studies, and into their careers.
The first phase aimed to study how the individual's values, dispositions and preferences were affected by training in a profession, and also provided information about the social origins of individuals planning to enter each of the four professions studied (engineering, law, medicine, and teaching). Students received their first questionnaires during the first or second week of their first term at University, and were re-surveyed at the end of the first academic year, and at three other times during the next few years. Topics covered included community involvement, subjects completed at school, career plans, study hours, and attributes seen as important for success in the profession. Information about the respondent's academic performance was also obtained.
In 1978, the sample was re-surveyed in order to study developments in resondents' careers or education, and in order to investigate the feasibility of further follow-ups of the original sample. A brief questionnaire asked respondents about their occupational and educational history, covering each year from the beginning of the project.
The third phase of the study consisted of three follow-up surveys in each year from 1982 to 1984. These surveys aimed to investigate the professional development and status attained by the original sample; obtain retrospective evaluations of the respondents' educational experiences during their training; obtain views about postgraduate and recurrent education; and obtain views about current social and professional issues. Topics covered included factors seen to be important in obtaining the respondent's first job, membership of professional associations, problems facing the profession, satisfaction and concerns at work, changes in career, and community involvement.
In 1998 the respondents who were originally studying law, medicine and engineering were recontacted to gain further information about their experiences of professional work and how the profession had changed over their career.
Variables include attitudes to their university education and profession, reasons for and influences on their choice of professions, attributes they perceive as being important to success within their profession, problems they percieve in their work situation; assessments of percieved social status rankings of different professions including their own, government regulation of professions and social and political participation and attitudes. Background variables include education, employment, occupation and specialisation, industry, marital status, education and employment of family members, voting intention, religious denomination, income, and hours worked per week
Australian Election Database - South Australia House of Assembly
No full textSummary details for each election year for the South Australian House of Assembly elections since 1890. This data includes electoral system characteristics, seats in chamber, number of enrolled voters, ballots cast, rate of voter turnout and rate of informal voting. Uncontested seats: the number of seats in which only one candidate ran for office, and won the seat without any votes having to be cast. The database shows the number of voters enrolled in uncontested seats. Although there have been very few uncontested seats at general elections in Australia since 1980, they were a regular feature of elections in some states until the 1960s. The frequency of uncontested seats and the number of enrolled voters they contain can be a useful indicator of the competitiveness of the party system at a general election. For more information and analysis, see Campbell Sharman, 'Uncontested Seats and the Evolution of Party Competition: The Australian Case', Party Politics, 9(6) November 2003: 679-702
Attitudes to alcohol consumption, labelling and advertising, 1990
No full textThe aims of this study were: (1) to assess public perceptions of alcohol advertisements in terms of the Advertising Code of Ethics and the Alcoholic Beverages Advertising Code; (2) to assess public perceptions of any association between alcohol advertising and harmful consumption of alcohol; and (3) to examine alternatives for labelling alcoholic beverages with standard drinks content information. The survey asked for respondents' views about what are the major problems in the community today and problems facing young people, what factors influence under-age and adult drinking, the effect of alcohol advertising, types of alcohol advertising that are problematic, what health problems and other problems can be caused by alcohol, and beliefs about the quantity of alcohol that can be consumed without putting health at risk. The survey also covered approval for advertising alcohol, knowledge of the Alcoholic Beverages Advertising Code, ways of dealing with past or future complaints about alcohol advertising, and details of the respondent's own alcohol consumption. Background variables were age, sex, country of birth, ethnicity, whether the respondent has children, ages of children, employment status, level of education, marital status, household income, stage of life, whether living with parents, and geographical location. Data not available on Nesstar. Please contact archive staff at [email protected] if you wish to access these data
Australian Election Campaign Television News Coverage 2001 Ch 9 Perth 6pm DAYS
No full textThe aim of the project was to explore television news coverage of Australian election campaigns and measured the amount of television coverage of politican parties, leaders and election issues. National bulletins were collected and local news in Brisbane and Perth during the 2001 federal election campaign. This study was also conducted in 1998. This study measures coverage of 12 election issues as defined in the Australian Election Study (ADA No. 1001) as were 12 other issues. This file refers to the Channel 9 Perth News coverage at 6pm. Variables include time in seconds given to political parties and political leaders. Also measured was time given to election issues including: education, environment, health, industrial relations and taxation