D0083: Australian Gallup Poll, April 5 1957
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 1,912 interviews conducted in April 1957. BACKGROUND VARIABLES age / sex / economic classification / occupation / religion / location / vote at last Federal election / voting intention / car ownership / telephone subscriber / political complexion / sex of interviewer / 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 speed limits. Do you favor speed limits for country roads, or not? If "YES": What speed limit do you suggest for country roads? Limit coded in m.p.h. Category label Code Count Percent 15 1 .1 20 2 .1 25 6 .3 30 49 2.6 35 50 2.6 40 242 12.7 45 154 8.1 50 617 32.3 55 49 2.6 60 140 7.3 65 5 .3 70 9 .5 NO LIMIT 98 474 24.8 NO OPINION 99 114 6.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 1b. For wide main roads leading out of big cities, what speed limit, if any, do you favor? Limit coded in m.p.h. Category label Code Count Percent 10 1 .1 15 3 .2 20 12 .6 25 70 3.7 30 483 25.3 35 330 17.3 40 485 25.4 45 115 6.0 50 169 8.8 55 7 .4 60 36 1.9 65 2 .1 75 1 .1 80 1 .1 NO LIMIT 98 65 3.4 NO OPINION 99 132 6.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 1c. And for roads in built-up areas, what do you favor? Limit coded in m.p.h. Category label Code Count Percent 10 6 .3 15 35 1.8 20 103 5.4 25 269 14.1 30 1094 57.2 35 222 11.6 40 72 3.8 45 7 .4 50 8 .4 75 2 .1 NO LIMIT 98 12 .6 NO OPINION 99 82 4.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 1d. Are you a car driver? Category label Code Count Percent YES 8 1126 58.9 NO 9 786 41.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 2a. The next question is about shopping hours. Do you think a plan should be worked out for shops to open ONE evening a week - or are you against night shopping? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 92 4.8 AGAINST 11 572 29.9 YES, FAVOR 12 1248 65.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 2b. If shops WERE to open one evening a week, they could keep the 40-hour week by working shorter hours on week-days, or by closing Saturday morning. Which would you prefer? Category label Code Count Percent SHORTER HOURS 1 1003 52.5 CLOSE SAT 2 746 39.0 NO OPINION 3 162 8.5 MISSING 4 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 2c. Does anyone here, in your family, work in a shop, either as an employer, or employee? Category label Code Count Percent EMPLOYER 4 98 5.1 EMPLOYEE 5 267 14.0 NEITHER 6 1545 80.8 MISSING 7 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 3b. Are you for, or against, changing to a decimal coinage? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 552 28.9 AGAINST 11 773 40.4 FOR 12 587 30.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 3c. If we DO change to decimal coins, do you think the chief coin should be the value of the present 10/-, or the value of the present pound? Category label Code Count Percent 10 SHILLINGS 1 498 26.0 1 POUND 2 565 29.6 UNDECIDED 3 849 44.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 4a. Now, a question about the means test for pensions. Do you think the means test for old age and invalid pensions should continue, or should the means test be ended? Category label Code Count Percent CONTINUE 4 493 25.8 END 5 1320 69.0 UNDECIDED 6 99 5.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 4b. IF "ENDED": This year, or gradually over several years? Category label Code Count Percent THIS YEAR 7 772 40.4 SEVERAL 8 489 25.6 UNDECIDED 9 59 3.1 NOT ASKED 10 592 31.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 5. If a Federal election were being held today, which Party do you think you would probably vote for? IF "LABOR": The A.L.P. led by Dr. Evatt - or the other Labor Party? Category label Code Count Percent LIBERAL-C.P 4 806 42.2 A.L.P 5 734 38.4 ANTI-COMMUNIST LABOR 6 83 4.3 COMMUNIST 7 5 .3 INDEPENDENT 8 19 1.0 UNDECIDED 9 265 13.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 6a. In your opinion, should the Government control prices, or not? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 140 7.3 NO 11 578 30.2 YES, CONTROL 12 1194 62.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 6b. If prices ARE controlled, do you prefer control by the Federal Government or by State Government? Category label Code Count Percent FEDERAL 1 840 43.9 STATE 2 771 40.3 UNDECIDED 3 301 15.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 7a. The next question is on whether, or not, the number of migrants coming to Australia should be increased by 50,000 a year - that is, from 100,000 to 150,000 a year. Would you favor, or oppose, that increase? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 4 464 24.3 OPPOSE 5 1339 70.0 UNDECIDED 6 109 5.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 7b. Of every 100 people coming to live in Australia, how many do you think should come from the British Isles? Number in every hundred coded. Category label Code Count Percent 0 268 14.0 2 2 .1 3 1 .1 5 3 .2 10 17 .9 15 1 .1 20 19 1.0 25 39 2.0 30 22 1.2 33 16 .8 35 2 .1 40 18 .9 45 5 .3 50 454 23.7 60 106 5.5 65 14 .7 66 3 .2 70 71 3.7 75 366 19.1 80 122 6.4 85 10 .5 90 92 4.8 95 20 1.0 98 3 .2 99 27 1.4 100 10 .5 MISSING 999 201 10.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 7c. At present, our laws do not allow people from certain countries to come and live in Australia - but it's been suggested that not more than 50 from each of those countries be allowed here each year. Which do you favor - keeping out those people, or letting in 50 a year from each? Category label Code Count Percent KEEP OUT 7 1048 54.8 50 A YEAR 8 690 36.1 UNDECIDED 9 174 9.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 8a. The next question is about our divorce laws. Do you think we should continue to have separate divorce laws in each State, or should there be one Federal divorce law for all of Australia? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 188 9.8 FEDERAL 11 1564 81.8 STATE 12 160 8.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 8b. To help classify answers to this question, would you mind telling me your religion? Category label Code Count Percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 1 392 20.5 CHURCH OF ENGLAND 2 725 37.9 PRESBYTERIAN 3 200 10.5 METHODIST 4 229 12.0 BAPTIST 5 32 1.7 OTHER PROTESTANT 6 99 5.2 OTHER CHRISTIANS 7 108 5.6 NON-CHRISTIAN 8 16 .8 NO RELIGION 9 2 .1 MISSING 10 109 5.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 9a. Have you read or heard of the Government's plan to cut compulsory military training, so that only ONE out of every FIVE youths would be called up? Category label Code Count Percent YES, HEARD 1 1604 83.9 NO 2 308 16.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 9b. Do you favor, or oppose, that change? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 4 808 42.3 OPPOSE 5 863 45.1 UNDECIDED 6 241 12.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 10. As you know, Britain plans to explode a hydrogen bomb at Christmas Island, in the Pacific. Do you approve, or disapprove, that explosion? Category label Code Count Percent APPROVE 7 867 45.3 DISAPPROVE 8 825 43.1 UNDECIDED 9 220 11.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 11a. Do you think the United Nations has been reasonably successful, or not? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 234 12.2 NO 11 554 29.0 YES 12 1124 58.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 11b. There's a suggestion that the United Nations should be made into a WORLD Government, to control the armed forces of ALL nations, including our own. If you had to vote on that, would you vote for it, or against it? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 1 1029 53.8 AGAINST 2 559 29.2 UNDECIDED 3 324 16.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 11c. The Chinese Government in PEKING has not been admitted to the United Nations. Do you think it should be admitted, or not? Category label Code Count Percent YES, ADMIT 4 905 47.3 NO 5 675 35.3 NO OPINION 6 332 17.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0 11d. IF "YES": If that meant the Chinese Government in FORMOSA had to leave U.N., would you STILL favor admitting the Peking Government to U.N.? Category label Code Count Percent YES, STILL 7 519 27.1 NO 8 270 14.1 UNDECIDED 9 116 6.1 NOT ASKED 10 1007 52.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1912 100.0
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