D0095: Australian Gallup Poll, June 26 1964
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 1,655 interviews conducted in June 1964. 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 1a. The first question's about Sunday sport. Do you think football, cricket and similar spectator sports should - or should not - be allowed on Sundays, with admission charges like Saturdays? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 94 5.7 NO 11 516 31.2 YES 12 1041 62.9 MISSING 13 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 1b. If NO or UNDECIDED: Would you allow them without admission charges? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 369 22.3 NO 2 154 9.3 UNDECIDED 3 50 3.0 NOT ASKED 4 1041 62.9 MISSING 5 41 2.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 2a. The next is about lotteries. Are you for - or against - Government lotteries? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 4 1363 82.4 AGAINST 5 179 10.8 UNDECIDED 6 102 6.2 MISSING 7 11 .7 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 2b. (If we do have Government lotteries) do you think they should be run by the Government itself - or for the Government, like Tattersalls in Victoria? Category label Code Count Percent BY GOVT 7 781 47.2 FOR GOVT 8 404 24.4 UNDECIDED 9 303 18.3 MISSING 10 167 10.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 2c. Would you say you're a regular subscriber to lotteries - or an occasional subscriber - or a non-subscriber? Category label Code Count Percent NON 0 258 15.6 OCCASIONAL 11 1002 60.5 REGULAR 12 365 22.1 MISSING 13 30 1.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 3a. Here's a topical one, about safety belts in new cars. In your opinion, should safety belts be compulsory - or not, in all new cars? Category label Code Count Percent COMPULSORY 1 1032 62.4 NO 2 474 28.6 UNDECIDED 3 140 8.5 MISSING 4 9 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 3b. If COMPULSORY: For all seats, or for only front seats? Category label Code Count Percent ALL 4 655 39.6 ONLY FRONT 5 318 19.2 UNDECIDED 6 49 3.0 NOT ASKED 8 623 37.6 MISSING 9 10 .6 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 4. And one on military training. Would you favour - or oppose - two years' full-time military training for all fit young men? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOUR 7 1153 69.7 OPPOSE 8 382 23.1 UNDECIDED 9 116 7.0 MISSING 10 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 5a. And on hotel hours. If you were voting today at a referendum on hotel hours, what closing time would you vote for? Category label Code Count Percent 5.00PM 1 7 .4 6.00PM 2 417 25.2 6.30PM 3 9 .5 7.00PM 4 20 1.2 7.30PM 5 1 .1 8.00PM, 8.30PM 6 40 2.4 9.00PM, 9.30PM 7 32 1.9 10.00PM, 10.30PM 8 807 48.8 LATER THAN 10.30PM 9 121 7.3 CLOSE THEM 11 70 4.2 NO OPINION 12 130 7.9 MISSING 13 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 5b. Would you say you're a moderate drinker - or have only an occasional drink - or are you a teetotaller? Category label Code Count Percent MODERATE 1 401 24.2 OCCASIONAL 2 791 47.8 TEETOTAL 3 455 27.5 MISSING 4 8 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 6a. Now, one on a retiring age for members of Parliament. Are you for - or against - having a compulsory retiring age for members of Parliament? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 4 1163 70.3 AGAINST 5 365 22.1 UNDECIDED 6 126 7.6 MISSING 7 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 6b. If FOR: What age would you suggest? Category label Code Count Percent 60 OR LESS 0 182 11.0 62 2 2 .1 63 3 2 .1 64 4 1 .1 65 5 745 45.0 66,67 6 12 .7 68 7 7 .4 69 INCLUDING 70,71,72 8 149 9.0 75 INCLUDING 73,74 9 11 .7 76 OR OVER 11 3 .2 UNCERTAIN 12 49 3.0 NOT ASKED 13 492 29.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 7. Next, about Federal election prospects. If a Federal election were being held today, which party would you be most likely to vote for? If LABOR: would it be ALP or DLP? Category label Code Count Percent ALP 4 605 36.6 DLP, QLP 5 72 4.4 LIB, CP 6 734 44.4 COMMUNIST 7 3 .2 IND.etc 8 2 .1 UNDECIDED 9 134 8.1 MISSING 10 105 6.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 8. As you know, we're soon going to change our money from pounds, to the decimal system of dollars. Do you think we should - or should not - also change our weights and lengths to the decimal systems of grammes and metres? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 225 13.6 NO 11 718 43.4 SHOULD 12 710 42.9 MISSING 13 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 9a. And a lighter question - about the Beatles. Have you heard enough of the Beatles to know how their music differs from other popular music? Category label Code Count Percent YES 4 1161 70.2 NO 5 485 29.3 MISSING 6 9 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 9b. If YES: Do you think the Beatles' music has a good influence - a bad influence - or not much influence at all? Category label Code Count Percent GOOD 6 339 20.5 BAD 7 151 9.1 NOT MUCH 8 613 37.0 NO OPINION 9 54 3.3 NOT ASKED 10 485 29.3 MISSING 11 13 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 10. As you probably know, our Governor-General, Lord de L'Isle, retires next year. Would you like our next Governor-General to be an Australian - an Englishman - a New Zealander - or someone else? Category label Code Count Percent OTHER 0 14 .8 AUSTRALIAN 1 1133 68.5 ENGLISH 2 307 18.5 NO OPINION 9 197 11.9 MISSING 10 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 11a. Now one about our relations with New Zealand. Which of these three things do you think Australia and New Zealand should do - remain separate, or form a customs union, without tariff barriers - or unite into one nation? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 1 228 13.8 UNITE 10 583 35.2 CUSTOMS 11 444 26.8 SEPARATE 12 397 24.0 MISSING 13 3 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 11b. Have you ever been to New Zealand? Category label Code Count Percent YES 2 136 8.2 NO 3 1435 86.7 MISSING 4 84 5.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 12. Here's one about our national anthem. Do you favour - or oppose - playing "God Save the Queen" at every performance in a public hall or theatre? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOUR 4 1163 70.3 OPPOSE 5 360 21.8 UNDECIDED 6 128 7.7 MISSING 7 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 13a. And finally one about migrants from Asia. Our immigration policy lets only a few Asians come to live here permanently. Do you think Asian migration should be prohibited altogether - or allowed in small numbers - or allowed without restriction? Category label Code Count Percent PROHIBIT 7 351 21.2 SMALL 8 1185 71.6 UNRESTRICTED 9 86 5.2 MISSING 10 33 2.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0 13b. If SMALL: About how many each year, would you suggest? Category label Code Count Percent 100 OR LESS 1 102 6.2 200-400 2 76 4.6 500 3 42 2.5 600-900 4 7 .4 1,000 5 56 3.4 2,000-4,000 6 42 2.5 5,000 7 23 1.4 6,000-9,000 8 8 .5 10,000 9 23 1.4 UP TO 100,000 10 49 3.0 OVER 100,000; NO LIMIT 11 7 .4 CAN'T SAY 12 744 45.0 NOT ASKED 13 470 28.4 MISSING 14 6 .4 ------- ----- Total responses 1655 100.0
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