D0079: Australian Gallup Poll, December 2 1949
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 1,873 interviews conducted in December 1949. BACKGROUND VARIABLES age / sex / economic classification / occupation / religion / location / vote at last Federal election / voting intention / car ownership / telephone subscriber / 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 1. The first question is about DAYLIGHT SAVING. Are you FOR - or AGAINST - having daylight saving, that is, putting the clock on an hour in summer? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 150 8.0 AGAINST 11 712 38.0 FOR 12 1010 53.9 MISSING 13 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 3a. If you were going for a journey of a thousand miles, such as between Melbourne and Brisbane, and the time and cost didn't matter, how would you prefer to travel - by train, ship, car or plane? Category label Code Count Percent Q3A PREFER TRAIN C10 254 13.6 Q3A PREFER SHIP C11 499 26.6 Q3A PREFER CAR C12 449 24.0 Q3A PREFER PLANE C13 645 34.4 Q3A NO PREFERENCE C14 39 2.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 3b. Have you been to another state? If 'YES': How did you travel? Category label Code Count Percent Q3B TRAVELLED BY TRAIN C15 817 43.6 Q3B TRAVELLED BY SHIP C16 470 25.1 Q3B TRAVELLED BY CAR C17 399 21.3 Q3B TRAVELLED BY PLANE C18 369 19.7 Q3B NEVER BEEN INTERSTATE C19 479 25.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1872 100.0 4a. If a woman is doing the SAME KIND of work as a man, and doing it as well, do you think she should be paid the SAME wage as a man - or less? Category label Code Count Percent SAME 3 1349 72.0 LESS 4 459 24.5 UNDECIDED 5 63 3.4 MISSING 6 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 4b. IF 'LESS' ASK: What part, or percentage, of a man's pay should she get? Category label Code Count Percent NA;NE 0 1434 76.6 7 1 .1 30 1 .1 33 3 .2 40 1 .1 45 1 .1 50 21 1.1 54 1 .1 60 34 1.8 62 1 .1 65 4 .2 66 40 2.1 67 10 .5 68 1 .1 70 22 1.2 75 207 11.1 80 63 3.4 85 9 .5 87 2 .1 90 15 .8 95 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 5. The next question is to see how accurately we can forecast the Federal election. Judging by how you feel now, which party - Labor, Liberal, Country, Communist or Independent - are you likely to vote for? (If evasive ASK: Well, which side are you leaning toward at present?) Category label Code Count Percent LABOR 7 805 43.0 LIBERAL 8 763 40.7 COUNTRY PARTY 9 183 9.8 OTHER 11 12 .6 UNDECIDED 12 106 5.7 MISSING 13 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 6. IF LABOR WINS THE ELECTION, do you think Federal Parliament should, or should not, go ahead with Labor's program of nationalising some industries? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 213 11.4 SHOULD NOT 11 1109 59.2 SHOULD 12 551 29.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 7. As you know, many thousands of NON-BRITISH immigrants, mostly displaced persons, have come to Australia from the continent of Europe since the war. IN THE LONG RUN, do you think their coming here will be good, or bad, for Australia? Category label Code Count Percent GOOD 1 1002 53.5 BAD 2 590 31.5 UNDECIDED 3 281 15.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 8a. Are you satisfied, or dissatisfied, with your present housing? If "Dissatisfied" ASK: Would you move tomorrow if you could, or remain here for a year or so? Category label Code Count Percent SATISFIED 6 1385 73.9 WOULD MOVE 7 395 21.1 REMAINING 8 62 3.3 UNDECIDED 9 30 1.6 MISSING 13 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 8b. To help analyse this question, would you mind telling me whether you own, or rent, the home you live in? Category label Code Count Percent OWN 4 1008 53.8 RENT 5 668 35.7 BOARD 6 145 7.7 MISSING 13 52 2.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 9a. Now here's a question of local interest, about picture shows on Sunday evenings. Do you think picture theatres in the district should be OPEN - or CLOSED - on Sunday evenings? Category label Code Count Percent OPEN 7 726 38.8 CLOSED 8 1050 56.1 NO OPINION 9 97 5.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 10a. After the election, which of these problems (HAND CARD) do you think Federal Parliament should attend to FIRST, no matter which party wins? Industrial Unrest OR Social Services OR Production OR Wages, Conditions OR Cost of Living Category label Code Count Percent INDUSTRIAL UNREST 0 325 17.4 SOCIAL SERVICE 1 64 3.4 PRODUCTION 2 495 26.4 WAGES, CONDITIONS 3 101 5.4 COST OF LIVING 4 871 46.5 MISSING 5 17 .9 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0 10b. And which second? Category label Code Count Percent INDUSTRIAL UNREST 5 462 24.7 SOCIAL SERVICES 6 170 9.1 PRODUCTION 7 472 25.2 WAGES, CONDITIONS 8 210 11.2 COST OF LIVING 9 510 27.2 MISSING 13 49 2.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1873 100.0
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