D0086: Australian Gallup Poll, June 5 1958
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 1,800 interviews conducted in June 1958. 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 / respondent status / 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 pedestrian crossings. In your opinion, are pedestrian crossings indicated clearly enough to safeguard pedestrians, or is something more needed? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 79 4.4 MORE NEEDED 11 914 50.8 CLEAR ENOUGH 12 806 44.8 MISSING 13 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 2a. And now some questions about Anzac Day. At what time do you think the Anzac march and ceremonies should end? Category label Code Count Percent AROUND NOON 0 1075 59.7 1 P.M 1 79 4.4 2 P.M 2 30 1.7 3 P.M 3 38 2.1 4 P.M 4 55 3.1 5 P.M 5 97 5.4 6 P.M 6 14 .8 8 P.M 8 3 .2 9 P.M 9 47 2.6 NO OPINION 12 342 19.0 MISSING 13 20 1.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 2b. After the march and ceremonies, do you think hotels should be open, or not? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 117 6.5 NO, CLOSED 11 696 38.7 OPEN 12 976 54.2 MISSING 13 11 .6 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 2c. And what about race meetings. Should they be held on Anzac Day, or not? Category label Code Count Percent YES, HOLD 1 785 43.6 NO 2 865 48.1 UNDECIDED 3 140 7.8 MISSING 13 10 .6 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 2d. Next year Anzac Day falls on a Saturday. In your opinion, should Anzac Day be held on the day it falls, or always on a SUNDAY? Category label Code Count Percent DAY IT FALLS 4 1463 81.3 SUNDAY 5 234 13.0 NO OPINION 6 80 4.4 MISSING 13 23 1.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 3a. The next question is to do with the strength of beer, which now has about 5 per cent alcohol. Do you think the alcohol in beer should be kept at about 5 per cent, or reduced? Category label Code Count Percent KEEP 5% 7 823 45.7 REDUCE 8 738 41.0 UNDECIDED 9 232 12.9 MISSING 13 7 .4 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 3b. Do you have an occasional drink, or are you a teetotaller? Category label Code Count Percent TEETOTAL 11 465 25.8 OCC. DRINK 12 1311 72.8 MISSING 13 24 1.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 4a. The next is to do with contributions by trade unions to political parties. If a member of a union refuses to pay a levy on members, for a political party, do you think the union should, or should not, have the right to expel him? Category label Code Count Percent YES, SHOULD 1 337 18.7 NO 2 1128 62.7 NO OPINION 3 320 17.8 MISSING 13 15 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 4b. Are you (or your husband) a member of a trade union? Category label Code Count Percent YES, MEMBER 4 554 30.8 HUSBAND IS 5 213 11.8 NEITHER IS 6 958 53.2 MISSING 13 75 4.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 5. The next question is about ballot papers for Federal and State elections, which now show the names of candidates, but NOT their parties. Would you favor, or oppose, ballot papers showing candidates' parties after their names? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 7 1405 78.1 OPPOSE 8 283 15.7 NO OPINION 9 107 5.9 MISSING 13 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 6a. And about Party Leaders. Which of these men (HAND CARD) do you favor for leader of YOUR Party in Federal Parliament? Category label Code Count Percent LCP LEADER FAVORED - MENZIES Q6A1 772 44.4 LCP LEADER FAVORED - CASEY Q6A2 44 2.5 LCP LEADER FAVORED - HOLT Q6A3 28 1.6 LCP LEADER FAVORED - MCEWAN Q6A4 38 2.2 LCP LEADER FAVORED - BARWICK Q6A5 28 1.6 LCP LEADER FAVORED - NO CHOICE Q6A6 119 6.8 LABOR LEADER FAVORED - EVATT Q6A7 449 25.8 LABOR LEADER FAVORED - CALWELL Q6A8 96 5.5 LABOR LEADER FAVORED - WARD Q6A9 49 2.8 LABOR LEADER FAVORED - MCKENNA Q6A10 43 2.5 LABOR LEADER FAVORED - MCMANUS Q6A11 32 1.8 LABOR LEADER FAVORED - NO CHOICE Q6A12 155 8.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 6b. And who would you place second? LCP Category label Code Count Percent HOLT 0 189 10.5 MCEWAN 1 114 6.3 BARWICK 2 58 3.2 CASEY 11 269 14.9 MENZIES 12 36 2.0 NO CHOICE 13 206 11.4 NOT ASKED 14 797 44.3 MISSING 15 131 7.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 Labour Category label Code Count Percent EVATT 4 63 3.5 CALWELL 5 217 12.1 WARD 6 156 8.7 MCKENNA 7 84 4.7 MCMANUS 8 18 1.0 NO CHOICE 9 259 14.4 NOT ASKED 10 872 48.4 MISSING 13 131 7.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 7. The next question is to do with our immigration laws, which don't allow people from certain countries to come and live in Australia. Do you favor keeping out those people, or would you let in about 50 a year from each of those countries? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 167 9.3 KEEP OUT ALL 11 825 45.8 LET IN 50 EACH 12 787 43.7 MISSING 13 21 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 8a. And now one on the Federal Government's system of paying for hospitals, doctors and medicine. Do you think those benefits are wide enough and costly enough - or do you favor something wider and better? Category label Code Count Percent WIDE ENOUGH 1 862 47.9 WIDER, BETTER 2 769 42.7 NO OPINION 3 158 8.8 MISSING 13 11 .6 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 9a. Here's a different kind of question; about the tempo of sacred music. Would you approve, or disapprove, resetting sacred music to modern rhythm? Category label Code Count Percent APPROVE 4 288 16.0 DISAPPROVE 5 1332 74.0 NO OPINION 6 175 9.7 MISSING 13 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 9b. To help classify answers to this question, would you mind telling me your religion? Category label Code Count Percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 1 374 20.8 CHURCH OF ENGLAND 2 744 41.3 PRESBYTERIAN 3 238 13.2 METHODIST 4 238 13.2 BAPTIST 5 27 1.5 PROTESTANT 6 8 .4 OTHER CHRISTIANS 7 90 5.0 NON-CHRISTIAN 8 13 .7 NO RELIGION 9 24 1.3 MISSING 10 44 2.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 9c. Do you go to church regularly, occasionally, or hardly ever? Category label Code Count Percent REGULARLY 7 545 30.3 OCCASIONALLY 8 646 35.9 HARDLY EVER 9 551 30.6 MISSING 13 58 3.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 10a. Did you hear or read of the plan to make all the Antarctic continent, including Australia's sectors, into international territory, under the United Nations? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 897 49.8 YES, HEARD 12 892 49.6 MISSING 13 11 .6 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 10b. ASK EVERYONE: Are you for, or against, making the Antarctic into international territory? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 1 906 50.3 AGAINST 2 269 14.9 NO OPINION 3 569 31.6 MISSING 13 56 3.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 11a. Did you read or hear of the American planes, which sometimes start flying with H-bombs toward Russia, when radar shows unknown objects flying toward America? Category label Code Count Percent YES, HEARD 4 1309 72.7 NO 5 473 26.3 MISSING 13 18 1.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0 11b. In the absence of an order to go on, the planes go only so far and return. Do you think American should, or should not, send those planes toward Russia? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 7 639 35.5 SHOULD NOT 8 758 42.1 NO OPINION 9 340 18.9 MISSING 13 63 3.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1800 100.0
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