D0089: Australian Gallup Poll, April 7 1961
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 1,558 interviews conducted in April 1961. 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 / status of respondent / 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 teaching school children to drive cars. Do you think car-driving should, or should not, be taught at secondary schools after normal classes? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 46 3.0 NO 11 480 30.8 YES, SHOULD 12 1032 66.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 2a. And a question on decimal coinage. Are you for, or against, changing our coins from pounds, shillings, and pence to DECIMAL coins, with everything in tens, like francs and dollars? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 1 761 48.8 AGAINST 2 565 36.3 UNDECIDED 3 231 14.8 MISSING 4 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 3. Now, a question on import quotas, which until last year limited imports of some kinds of goods. Only certain firms which then had special licences could import quotas of those goods. Do you think we should, or should not, again have import quotas for some goods? Category label Code Count Percent YES, SHOULD 4 970 62.3 NO 5 230 14.8 NO OPINION 6 357 22.9 MISSING 7 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 4. And a question on State Parliaments. This month (we) (people in New South Wales) will be voting on whether or not to abolish the Upper House of (our)(their) State Parliament. If you were voting today at that referendum, would you vote "Yes" to abolish the Upper House, or "No" to keep it? Category label Code Count Percent YES, ABOLISH 7 543 34.9 NO, KEEP 8 567 36.4 UNDECIDED 9 445 28.6 MISSING 10 3 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 5. Next, about Federal election prospects. If a Federal election were being held today, which party do you think you would probably vote for? IF LABOR: Would it be ALP or (DLP)(QLP)? Category label Code Count Percent LIBERAL - CP 4 642 41.2 A.L.P 5 656 42.1 D.L.P. - Q.L.P 6 47 3.0 COMMUNIST 7 1 .1 INDEPENDENT 8 19 1.2 UNDECIDED 9 193 12.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 6a. Now, about Royal visits. There's talk of the Queen coming to Australia again in a couple of years. Do you think visits by the Queen should be rather formal - or fairly informal - or are you completely against Royal visits of any kind? Category label Code Count Percent AGAINST THEM 0 178 11.4 INDIFFERENT 1 78 5.0 INFORMAL 11 1129 72.5 FORMAL 12 173 11.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 7b. Do you go to church every week, occasionally or not at all? Category label Code Count Percent EVERY WEEK 2 413 26.5 OCCASIONALLY 3 743 47.7 NOT AT ALL 4 384 24.6 MISSING 5 18 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 7c. To help classify answers to this question, would you mind telling me your religion? Category label Code Count Percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 1 320 20.5 CHURCH OF ENGLAND 2 629 40.4 PRESBYTERIAN 3 197 12.6 METHODIST 4 242 15.5 BAPTIST 5 20 1.3 PROTESTANT 6 1 .1 OTHER CHRISTIANS 7 91 5.8 NON-CHRISTIAN 8 10 .6 NO RELIGION 9 17 1.1 MISSING 10 31 2.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 8a. Last November the Federal Government introduced some economic measures, including credit restrictions. Do you feel the Government did the right thing, or not, introducing those credit restrictions? Category label Code Count Percent YES, RIGHT 5 617 39.6 NO 6 697 44.7 NO OPINION 7 234 15.0 MISSING 8 10 .6 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 8b. Have you or your husband been affected by the credit squeeze? Category label Code Count Percent YES 8 315 20.2 NO 9 1150 73.8 MISSING 10 93 6.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 8d. If YES, have you suffered a lot, or only a little? Category label Code Count Percent LITTLE 11 198 12.7 LOT 12 115 7.4 NOT ASKED 13 1150 73.8 MISSING 14 95 6.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 9a. And about Mr. Menzies and South Africa. At the recent conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London, Mr. Menzies did all he could to keep South Africa in the British Commonwealth. Do you think Mr. Menzies was right, or wrong, in doing that? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 319 20.5 WRONG 11 317 20.3 RIGHT 12 918 58.9 MISSING 13 4 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 10a. Next a question on China and the United Nations. Are you for, or against, admitting the Communist Government of China into the United Nations? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 1 702 45.1 AGAINST 2 612 39.3 UNDECIDED 3 241 15.5 MISSING 4 3 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 10b. IF FOR: If Communist China refuses to join the United Nations while the Chinese Government of Formosa is still a member - would you then END Formosa's membership, or let Communist China stay out of UN? Category label Code Count Percent END FORMOSA 4 175 11.2 LET COMM. OUT 5 371 23.8 NO OPINION 6 130 8.3 NOT ASKED 7 856 54.9 MISSING 8 26 1.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0 11. The last question is about the fighting in Laos (LAY-AUS), which is a small country in Asia between China and Thailand (TIE-LAND). If American forces go to Laos to fight the Communists, do you think Australian soldiers should, or should not, also go there? Category label Code Count Percent YES, SHOULD 7 658 42.2 SHOULDN'T 8 658 42.2 NO OPINION 9 238 15.3 MISSING 10 4 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1558 100.0
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