D0080: Australian Gallup Poll, March 30 1951
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 1,730 interviews conducted in March 1951. 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 1a. Our first question is on the chances of peace or war. Taking everything into consideration, do you think there'll be another World War within, say, 3 years? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 191 11.0 NO 11 775 44.8 YES 12 754 43.6 MISSING 13 10 .6 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 1b. If "YES" ASK: Do you think it's likely to begin within the next 12 months? Category label Code Count Percent NOT ASKED 0 976 56.4 YES 1 111 6.4 NO 2 533 30.8 UNDECIDED 3 104 6.0 MISSING 4 6 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 1c. Do you think Australia will be in the fighting? Category label Code Count Percent NOT ASKED 0 976 56.4 YES 4 721 41.7 NO 5 7 .4 UNDECIDED 6 20 1.2 MISSING 7 6 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 2a. Have you heard or read of the plan to have legal off-the-course betting in Vic. by means of the totalisator? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 802 46.4 YES 12 910 52.6 MISSING 13 18 1.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 2b. ASK EVERYONE: It's proposed to have branches of the official totalisator throughout Victoria. They'll be connected by phone with the tote on the course. Are you for, or against, having that in this State? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 7 1028 59.4 AGAINST 8 409 23.6 NO OPINION 9 273 15.8 MISSING 13 20 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 3a. Do you think the number of people coming to live in Australia is too great, too few or about right? Category label Code Count Percent ABOUT RIGHT 0 581 33.6 NO OPINION 1 62 3.6 TOO FEW 11 423 24.5 TOO GREAT 12 649 37.5 MISSING 13 15 .9 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 3b. Here is a list of European countries (HAND CARD) from which Aust. could get immigrants. As I name each country, would you please say whether or not Aust. should get immigrants from there? (Circle after all named) Category label Code Count Percent MIGRANTS WANTED FROM FRANCE Q3B2 1000 59.4 MIGRANTS WANTED FROM ITALY Q3B3 460 27.3 MIGRANTS WANTED FROM SWEDEN Q3B4 1292 76.8 MIGRANTS WANTED FROM HOLLAND Q3B5 1357 80.6 MIGRANTS WANTED FROM GERMANY Q3B6 932 55.4 MIGRANTS WANTED FROM JUGOSLAVIA Q3B7 564 33.5 MIGRANTS WANTED FROM GREECE Q3B8 718 42.7 MIGRANTS - NONE WANTED Q3B9 101 6.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 4. Of the things listed on the back of the card, which are you FAIRLY CERTAIN to buy brand new this year? (Circle after all named) Category label Code Count Percent BUYING PLANS - CARPETS Q4V 197 11.5 BUYING PLANS - SITTING ROOM SUITE Q4I 83 4.8 BUYING PLANS - CAR Q40 122 7.1 BUYING PLANS - REFRIGERATOR Q41 203 11.8 BUYING PLANS - WASHING MACHINES Q42 176 10.3 BUYING PLANS - RADIO Q43 102 5.9 BUYING PLANS - GAS OR ELECTRIC STOVE Q44 110 6.4 BUYING PLANS - VACUUM Q45 109 6.4 BUYING PLANS - NONE Q46 983 57.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1715 100.0 5a. The next question is to see how accurately we can forecast the coming 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 5 726 42.0 LIBERAL 6 786 45.4 COUNTRY PARTY 7 99 5.7 OTHER 8 7 .4 UNDECIDED 9 108 6.2 MISSING 13 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 5b. Do you think it's possible you could change your mind before the election ? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 166 9.6 NO 2 1422 82.2 LEANING ON Q5A 3 33 1.9 UNDECIDED ON Q5A 4 107 6.2 MISSING 5 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 5c. Apart from the general question of Labor versus Liberal, what one thing is most likely to decide how you vote? Category label Code Count Percent CAN'T SAY 0 419 24.2 HABIT 1 196 11.3 GENERAL POLICY 2 175 10.1 ATT. TO COMMUNISM 3 296 17.1 BANKING POLICY 4 28 1.6 LIKE CANDIDATE 5 23 1.3 LIKE LEADER 6 22 1.3 INDUST. RELNS POLICY 7 139 8.0 COST LIVING 8 193 11.2 SOCIAL SERVICES 9 55 3.2 OTHER REASONS 11 153 8.8 DEFENCE POLICY 12 30 1.7 MISSING 13 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 6a. About how many books - apart from magazines - do you read each year? Category label Code Count Percent 0 573 33.1 1 20 1.2 2 72 4.2 3 57 3.3 4 38 2.2 5 23 1.3 6 136 7.9 7 5 .3 8 8 .5 9 2 .1 10 36 2.1 12 164 9.5 13 1 .1 14 2 .1 15 10 .6 16 6 .3 18 6 .3 20 89 5.1 24 31 1.8 25 32 1.8 26 17 1.0 30 38 2.2 32 1 .1 35 4 .2 36 1 .1 40 23 1.3 42 1 .1 43 1 .1 45 2 .1 48 1 .1 50 106 6.1 52 33 1.9 60 13 .8 70 5 .3 72 1 .1 75 4 .2 80 1 .1 98 151 8.7 99 16 .9 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 6b. What kind of books do you like best? Category label Code Count Percent BOOKS LIKE BEST - WESTERN Q6B1 134 11.4 BOOKS LIKE BEST - DETECTIVE Q6B2 34 2.9 BOOKS LIKE BEST - FICTION Q6B3 146 12.4 BOOKS LIKE BEST - ROMANCE Q6B4 58 4.9 BOOKS LIKE BEST - HISTORICAL FICTION Q6B5 225 19.2 BOOKS LIKE BEST - HISTORICAL NON-FICTION Q6B6 288 24.6 BOOKS LIKE BEST - BIOGRAPHY,AUTO- Q6B7 54 4.6 BOOKS LIKE BEST - TRAVEL Q6B8 48 4.1 BOOKS LIKE BEST - LITERATURE Q6B9 104 8.9 BOOKS LIKE BEST - TECHNICAL Q6B0 82 7.0 BOOKS LIKE BEST - OTHER KINDS Q6BX 185 15.8 BOOKS LIKE BEST - NOTHING IN PARTICULAR Q6BV 22 1.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1173 100.0 6c. [Question text not available.] According to the subscriber report 'Readers were asked the number of detective books read each year.' Category label Code Count Percent 0 575 33.2 1 73 4.2 2 86 5.0 3 53 3.1 4 27 1.6 5 32 1.8 6 75 4.3 7 3 .2 8 7 .4 9 2 .1 10 30 1.7 12 52 3.0 14 1 .1 15 14 .8 18 1 .1 20 31 1.8 24 1 .1 25 25 1.4 26 2 .1 30 18 1.0 35 1 .1 36 1 .1 37 1 .1 40 13 .8 50 27 1.6 52 1 .1 70 3 .2 72 1 .1 75 3 .2 80 2 .1 98 13 .8 99 556 32.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 6d. [Question text not available.] According to the subscriber report 'Readers of detective books were asked who wrote the best stories.' Category label Code Count Percent AGATHA CHRISTIE 1 68 3.9 EDGAR WALLACE 2 107 6.2 DOROTHY SAYERS 3 17 1.0 PETER CHENEY 4 35 2.0 CONAN DOYLE 5 32 1.8 ELLERY QUEEN 6 10 .6 LESLIE CHARTERIS 8 17 1.0 SLORLER 9 7 .4 OTHERS 11 77 4.5 CAN'T SAY 12 803 46.4 NOT ASKED; MISSING 13 557 32.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 7a. Would you favor, or oppose, again having full price control, as during the war? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 1 1216 70.3 OPPOSED 2 400 23.1 NO OPINION 3 105 6.1 MISSING 4 9 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 7b. If full price control is brought in again, do you think wages should, or should not, also be controlled? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 4 1426 82.4 SHOULD NOT 5 187 10.8 NO OPINION 6 92 5.3 MISSING 7 25 1.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 7c. Price control, of course, is now run by the States. If a referendum were held on giving the Federal Government power to control prices in peace-time, would you vote 'Yes', in favor, or 'No', against? Category label Code Count Percent YES 7 1099 63.5 NO 8 423 24.5 UNDECIDED 9 179 10.3 MISSING 13 29 1.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 8a. Would you favor, or oppose, a law to make all trade unions hold secret ballots before striking? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 1 1425 82.4 OPPOSED 2 167 9.7 NO OPINION 3 133 7.7 MISSING 4 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 8b. When a trade union is electing its office bearers, or voting on a strike, who do you think should control the ballot - the union itself or the Commonwealth electoral office? Category label Code Count Percent UNION 4 481 27.8 ELECTORAL 5 1017 58.8 NO OPINION 6 207 12.0 MISSING 7 25 1.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 8c. To help us analyse this question, would you please tell me whether (you are) (your husband is) a member of a trade union? Category label Code Count Percent SELF IS 7 458 26.5 HUSBAND IS 8 265 15.3 NEITHER IS 9 933 53.9 MISSING 13 74 4.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 9a. Have you considered whether the exchange rate between our pound and the English pound should be altered? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 745 43.1 YES 12 978 56.5 MISSING 13 7 .4 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 9b. IF "YES" ASK: Do you think the exchange rate should be altered or not? Category label Code Count Percent ALTER 0 786 45.4 NO CHANGE 1 119 6.9 NO OPINION 2 67 3.9 NOT ASKED 3 752 43.5 MISSING 4 6 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0 9c. IF "ALTER" ASK: What exchange rate do you favor? Category label Code Count Percent NOT ASKED 0 944 54.6 PARITY 3 684 39.5 OTHER 8 48 2.8 NO OPINION 9 53 3.1 MISSING 13 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1730 100.0
 SSDA HOME |
Please send email queries to
© Social Science Data Archives, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University. |