D0078: Australian Gallup Poll, May 22 1948
POLLING ORGANISATION Roy Morgan Research Centre SURVEY METHOD Each weekend, 110 trained interviewers were sent to different but randomly- selected "cluster points" spread in proportion to population over cities and country areas throughout Australia excluding the ACT and the Northern Territory. Interviewers were instructed to commence interviewing at the dwelling adjacent to, and at the right of, the random start and to interview one individual there and, moving in a clockwise fashion around the block, in each adjacent dwelling until a cluster of 10 individuals was interviewed. Interviews were conducted during daylight hours, on Saturdays and Sundays when most people were at home. Each weekend, an Australia-wide cross-section of about 2,200 different adults aged 21 years and over from 110 districts were therefore interviewed. This poll is based on 2,111 interviews conducted in May 1948. BACKGROUND VARIABLES age / sex / economic classification / occupation / religion / location / vote at last Federal election / voting intention / car ownership / telephone subscriber / sex of interviewer / interviewer experience / WEIGHTING The responses are unweighted. A weighting variable (WTVAR) is included in the data file to indicate the interviewer workloads selected for duplication. THEMES - NAMES AND RESPONSES 1a. The first question is about moving pictures. About how many times a MONTH do you go to the pictures? Category label Code Count Percent NONE 0 15 .7 ONE 1 229 10.8 TWO 2 202 9.6 THREE 3 100 4.7 FOUR 4 326 15.4 FIVE 5 19 .9 SIX 6 47 2.2 EIGHT 8 75 3.6 NINE 9 15 .7 RARELY 11 762 36.1 NEVER 12 318 15.1 MISSING 13 3 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 1b. Unless "NEVER" ASK: Speaking generally, do you prefer British or American pictures? Category label Code Count Percent BRITISH 1 935 44.3 AMERICAN 2 454 21.5 NO DIFFERENCE 3 273 12.9 NO OPINION 11 139 6.6 MISSING 13 310 14.7 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 2a. Do you think children are NOW being educated better, or worse, than when you went to school? Category label Code Count Percent BETTER 1 1649 78.1 WORSE 2 191 9.0 SAME 3 179 8.5 NO OPINION 11 87 4.1 MISSING 13 5 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 3. What kind of trousers do you favor for the going-ashore uniform naval ratings - bell-bottom trousers or ordinary trousers? Category label Code Count Percent BELL-BOTTOM 1 1018 48.2 ORDINARY 2 828 39.2 NO OPINION 11 259 12.3 MISSING 13 6 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 4. If an Australian man marries an Asiatic woman, do you think she should, or should not, be allowed to live in Australia? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 1 1357 64.3 SHOULD NOT 2 568 26.9 UNDECIDED 11 182 8.6 MISSING 13 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 5a. FORM1: The next question is to see if we can forecast the result of the Referendum on giving Federal Parliament PERMANENT power over Prices and Rents. Judging by how you feel now, are you likely to vote Yes in favor, or No against? (If undecided, repeat: --Well, how are you LIKELY to vote?) FORM2: The next question is to see if we can forecast the result of next Saturday's Referendum. Judging by how you feel now, are you likely to vote Yes in favor, or No against? (If undecided, repeat: --Well, how are you LIKELY to vote?) FORM Count |FORM 1 FORM 2 Col pct |OF Q5A OF Q5A Row | Total | 1 | 2 | Q5A --------+--------+--------+ 1 | 360 | 374 | 734 YES-FAVOR | 35.5 | 34.1 | 34.8 +--------+--------+ 2 | 639 | 700 | 1339 NO-AGAINST | 63.1 | 63.8 | 63.4 +--------+--------+ 3 | 14 | 24 | 38 MISSING | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 +--------+--------+ Column 1013 1098 2111 Total 48.0 52.0 100.0 5b. Have you received your copy of the official arguments "for" and "against" the referendum? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 1681 79.6 NO 2 405 19.2 MISSING 3 25 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 5c. If "Yes" on (b) ASK: Have you read all of them yet? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 1083 51.3 NO 2 795 37.7 MISSING 3 233 11.0 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 6a. If the authorities consider a book to be obscene and unsuitable for adults, do you think it should, or should not, be banned? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 1 1349 63.9 SHOULD NOT 2 649 30.7 NO OPINION 11 106 5.0 MISSING 13 7 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 6b. Now, if a book is considered suitable for ADULTS, but UNSUITABLE for CHILDREN under 18, do you think it should, or should not, be banned altogether? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 1 822 38.9 SHOULD NOT 2 1173 55.6 NO OPINION 11 101 4.8 MISSING 13 15 .7 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 7a. In your opinion, is Australia likely to have a serious business depression, with a lot of unemployment, in the next TWO years? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 407 19.3 NO 2 1423 67.4 UNDECIDED 11 220 10.4 UNACQUAINTED 12 54 2.6 MISSING 13 7 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 7b. If "No" ASK: And what about (a depression) in the next ten years? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 732 34.7 NO 2 442 20.9 UNDECIDED 12 513 24.3 MISSING 13 424 20.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 8a. Do you think children in State (read "Public" in N.S.W.) schools should, or should not, be taught about God, Christ and the Bible? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 1804 85.5 NO 2 243 11.5 UNDECIDED 11 64 3.0 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 8b. (If religion IS taught in State schools) do you think each denomination should be taught separately by its own visiting Minister--or ALL denominations together by specially-trained teachers? Category label Code Count Percent SEPARATELY 1 973 46.1 TOGETHER 2 989 46.8 NO OPINION 11 134 6.3 MISSING 13 15 .7 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 8c. To help classify answers to this question, would you mind telling me your religion? Category label Code Count Percent NO ANSWER 0 41 1.9 ROMAN CATHOLIC 1 382 18.1 CHURCH OF ENGLAND 2 872 41.3 PRESBYTERIAN 3 263 12.5 METHODIST 4 266 12.6 BAPTIST 5 31 1.5 PROTESTANT 6 123 5.8 OTHER CHRISTIANS 7 108 5.1 NON-CHRISTIAN 8 9 .4 NO RELIGION 9 16 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 9a. Have you heard of the Government's plan to provide free medicine, to be paid for from Social Service Contributions? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 2038 96.5 NO 2 63 3.0 MISSING 3 10 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 9b. Do you favor, or oppose, that plan? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 1 1063 50.4 OPPOSE 2 723 34.2 UNDECIDED 11 311 14.7 MISSING 13 14 .7 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0 10. Do you think clothes rationing should be continued or stopped? Category label Code Count Percent CONTINUED 1 534 25.3 STOPPED 2 1431 67.8 UNDECIDED 11 115 5.4 UNACQUAINTED 12 27 1.3 MISSING 13 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 2111 100.0
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