D0094: Australian Gallup Poll, August 16 1963
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 1,866 interviews conducted in August 1963. BACKGROUND VARIABLES age / sex / economic classification / occupation / religion / location / vote at last Federal election / voting intention / car ownership / telephone subscriber / born in Australia or migrant / 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. FORM 1: The first question's about our new decimal currency. What name would you like for our chief decimal coin? FORM 2: The first question's about our new decimal currency. What name would you like for our chief decimal coin - royal, dollar or something else? FORM Count | |FORM 1 FORM 2 | Row | 1 | 2 | Total Q1 --------+--------+--------+ 0 | 9 | 6 | 15 OTHERS | | | .8 +--------+--------+ 1 | 125 | 136 | 261 ROYAL | | | 14.0 +--------+--------+ 2 | 629 | 641 | 1270 DOLLAR | | | 68.1 +--------+--------+ 3 | 53 | 68 | 121 POUND | | | 6.5 +--------+--------+ 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 QUID | | | 1.0 +--------+--------+ 5 | 15 | 8 | 23 AUSTRAL | | | 1.2 +--------+--------+ 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 AUSTER | | | .1 +--------+--------+ 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 CROWN | | | .3 +--------+--------+ 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 SOVEREIGN | | | .3 +--------+--------+ 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 FLORIN | | | .1 +--------+--------+ 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 TASMAN | | | .1 +--------+--------+ 12 | 72 | 70 | 142 DON'T KNOW | | | 7.6 +--------+--------+ Column 922 944 1866 Total 49.4 50.6 100.0 2a. The next question's about adding fluoride to the water supply here, to try to prevent children's teeth decaying. (Would)(Do) you favor - or oppose - adding fluoride to the water supply here? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 1 1282 68.7 OPPOSE 2 356 19.1 UNDECIDED 3 228 12.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 3a. And now a question about the sale of groceries. In your opinion, until what hour should it be legal to sell groceries on weekdays? Category label Code Count Percent BEFORE 5.30 PM 1 162 8.7 5.30 PM 2 464 24.9 6.00 PM 3 301 16.1 BETWEEN 6 & 7 PM 4 35 1.9 7.00 PM 5 78 4.2 BETWEEN 7 & 8 PM 6 17 .9 8.00 PM 7 115 6.2 BETWEEN 8 & 9 PM 8 15 .8 9.00 PM 9 80 4.3 10.00 PM AND LATER 10 48 2.6 NO LIMIT 11 476 25.5 NO OPINION 12 75 4.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 3b. And a question on weekend shopping. Which of these (HAND CARD) do you favor for weekend shopping? Category label Code Count Percent OPEN FRI. EVENING 0 472 25.3 OPEN SAT. MORNING 1 706 37.8 CLOSE BOTH 11 82 4.4 OPEN BOTH 12 590 31.6 MISSING 13 16 .9 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 3c. Do you, or anyone else living here, work in a shop, either as employer or employee? Category label Code Count Percent YES 2 249 13.3 NO 3 1515 81.2 MISSING 4 102 5.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 4. Next about immigrants, of whom 135,000 came to Australia last year. Do you think the number of people coming here each year, to live permanently, should be increased - or reduced - or remain about the same? Category label Code Count Percent INCREASE 4 542 29.0 REDUCE 5 502 26.9 SAME 6 786 42.1 MISSING 7 36 1.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 5a. And while on the subject of immigration - it's been suggested that some Asians, with skilled occupations, should be allowed to come and live in Australia permanently. Would you favor - OR oppose - that? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 7 1101 59.0 OPPOSE 8 603 32.3 NO OPINION 9 162 8.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 5b. IF FAVOR: About how many a year would you suggest - 100; 500; 1,000; 10,000; 100,000? Category label Code Count Percent 100 OR LESS 1 281 15.1 200-400 2 17 .9 500 3 174 9.3 600-900 4 3 .2 1,000 5 164 8.8 2,000-4,000 6 7 .4 5,000 7 8 .4 6,000-9,000 8 3 .2 10,000 9 50 2.7 100,000 10 9 .5 +100,000; NO LIMIT 11 12 .6 OPPOSE; CAN'T SAY 12 373 20.0 NOT ASKED 13 765 41.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 6a. Form 1: Now, we'd like your opinion on the next Federal election. To make sure we get your views accurately, here's a Gallup Poll ballot. DETACH PAPER; HAND TO INTERVIEWEE. If a Federal election were being held today, which party would you like to see win? HAND PEN & BOX. Would you please make a cross in the square beside the party you favor? Just fold the paper, and drop it in the box. Form 2: Next, about Federal election prospects. If a Federal election is held soon, which party are you most likely to vote for? IF LABOR: Would it be ALP or (DLP)(QLP)? FORM Count | |FORM 1 FORM 2 | Row | 1 | 2 | Total Q6A --------+--------+--------+ 4 | 400 | 387 | 787 ALP | | | 42.2 +--------+--------+ 5 | 49 | 31 | 80 DLP, QLP | | | 4.3 +--------+--------+ 6 | 420 | 408 | 828 LIB, CP | | | 44.4 +--------+--------+ 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 COMMUNIST | | | .1 +--------+--------+ 8 | 18 | 5 | 23 IND. ETC | | | 1.2 +--------+--------+ 9 | 34 | 112 | 146 NO ANSWER | | | 7.8 +--------+--------+ Column 922 944 1866 Total 49.4 50.6 100.0 6b. Form 1: IF UNDECIDED OR REFUSAL: Well, would you please mark the paper for the party you're leaning toward at present? IF STILL NO ANSWER, WRITE THAT ON PAPER AND DROP IT IN BOX. Form 1: ALWAYS RECORD - how ballot paper completed. Form 2: Is there any chance you might change your mind, and vote for a different party on election day? Category label Code Count Percent PAPER MARKED AFTER 6A 1 755 40.5 PAPER MARKED AFTER 6B 2 20 1.1 I WROTE ON REQUEST 3 53 2.8 UNDECIDED AFTER 6B 4 6 .3 REFUSED AFTER 6B 5 20 1.1 NO ENTRY 6 68 3.6 NO 11 714 38.3 YES 12 101 5.4 MISSING 13 129 6.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 Codes 1-6 refer to Form 1; codes 11-13 refer to Form 2 6c. Form 2 only IF YES: Which party might you then vote for? Category label Code Count Percent Category label Code Count Cases ALP 4 35 3.7 DLP, QLP 5 4 .4 LIB, CP 6 30 3.2 NO ANSWER 9 33 3.5 NOT APPLICABLE 12 842 89.2 ------- ------ Total responses 944 00.0 Number of valid responses for Form 2 = 944 Code 12 is used for responders to Form 2 only who have either not responded or responded 'no' to Q6b 7a1. How many languages other than English do you speak? Category label Code Count Percent 1 LANGUAGE 1 174 9.3 2 LANGUAGES 2 57 3.1 3 LANGUAGES 3 24 1.3 4 LANGUAGES 4 4 .2 5 LANGUAGES 5 3 .2 6 LANGUAGES 6 2 .1 8 LANGUAGES 8 1 .1 NOT APPLICABLE 12 1601 85.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 7a. Next, a question on teaching foreign languages in schools. Which foreign languages do you think should be taught in our schools? CIRCLE UP TO 3. Chinese Japanese French Latin German Malay Greek Papuan Indonesian Russian Italian Spanish Category label Code Count Percent FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - CHINESE Q7A1 181 11.3 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - FRENCH Q7A2 967 60.2 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - GERMAN Q7A3 736 45.9 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - GREEK Q7A4 94 5.9 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - INDONESIAN Q7A5 448 27.9 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - ITALIAN Q7A6 450 28.0 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - JAPANESE Q7A7 326 20.3 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - LATIN Q7A8 370 23.1 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - MALAY Q7A9 182 11.3 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - PAPUAN Q7A10 60 3.7 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - RUSSIAN Q7A11 219 13.6 FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOL - SPANISH Q7A12 34 2.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1605 100.0 7b. Can you speak any foreign languages fairly well? Category label Code Count Percent YES 0 265 14.2 NO 1 1601 85.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 7c. IF YES: Which of them? Category label Code Count Percent FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - CHINESE Q7C1 4 1.5 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - FRENCH Q7C2 60 22.6 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - GERMAN Q7C3 125 47.2 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - GREEK Q7C4 97 36.6 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - INDONESIAN Q7C5 45 17.0 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - ITALIAN Q7C6 13 4.9 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - JAPANESE Q7C7 18 6.8 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - LATIN Q7C8 4 1.5 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - MALAY Q7C9 16 6.0 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - PAPUAN Q7C10 17 6.4 FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN - RUSSIAN Q7C11 3 1.1 ------- ----- Total responses 265 100.0 8. Next, a different question, on military training. Would you be for OR against - two years' full-time military training for all young men who are fit? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 77 4.1 AGAINST 11 513 27.5 FOR 12 1276 68.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 9a. Here's a very topical question - on prospects of peace. Do you believe the Western countries and Russia can continue to live peacefully together - OR - will there be a big war between them sooner or later? Category label Code Count Percent PEACE 1 1110 59.5 WAR 2 474 25.4 NO OPINION 3 282 15.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 9b. IF WAR: In about how many years time - would you say? Category label Code Count Percent 1-4 YEARS 1 41 2.2 5 YEARS 2 58 3.1 6-9 YEARS 3 18 1.0 10 YEARS 4 77 4.1 11-14 YEARS 5 7 .4 15 YEARS 6 10 .5 20 YEARS 8 17 .9 OVER 20 YEARS 9 11 .6 NO IDEA 12 235 12.6 NOT ASKED 13 1392 74.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 10. Now, a question about selling wheat to China, Do you think Australia should - or should not - continue to sell large quantities of wheat to Communist China? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 4 1474 79.0 NO 5 245 13.1 NO OPINION 6 145 7.8 MISSING 7 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0 11. And, finally, a most important question - on what we should do if Indonesia attacks Malaysia, which is being formed by amalgamating Malaya, Singapore and North Borneo. Do you think Australia should or should not - then fight to defend Malaysia? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 7 1065 57.1 NO 8 415 22.2 NO OPINION 9 386 20.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1866 100.0
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