D0097: Australian Gallup Poll, September 24 1965
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 1,952 interviews conducted in September 1965. BACKGROUND VARIABLES age / sex / economic classification / occupation / religion / location / vote at last Federal election / voting intention / car ownership / telephone subscriber / respondent generally out or at home on weekends / 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 working wives. If a wife has no young children, do you think it's alright for her to take a job from 10 till 4 - or should married women stay at home? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 72 3.7 STAY HOME 11 317 16.2 ALRIGHT 12 1563 80.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 2a. The next question's about liquor bars. In some parts of the world they have taverns, which are liquor bars without bedroom accommodation. Some of them serve meals. Would you favour - or oppose - having similar taverns here? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOUR 1 1018 52.2 OPPOSE 2 654 33.5 UNDECIDED 3 280 14.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 2b. Do you think hotel bars in this district should be open - or closed - on Sunday afternoon? Category label Code Count Percent OPEN 4 423 21.7 CLOSED 5 1440 73.8 UNDECIDED 6 89 4.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 2c. Do you have an occasional drink - or are you teetotal? Category label Code Count Percent DRINK 7 1451 74.3 TEETOTAL 8 501 25.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 3a. And a topical question - on weekend shopping. Which of these (HAND CARD) do you prefer for weekend shopping? Category label Code Count Percent OPEN FRI. EVEN 0 595 30.5 OPEN SAT. MORN 1 653 33.5 NO OPINION 2 63 3.2 CLOSED BOTH 11 67 3.4 OPEN BOTH 12 574 29.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 3b. (Do you)(Does your husband) work a five-day week, Monday to Friday - or (do you)(does he) work during the weekend? Category label Code Count Percent FIVE-DAY 3 1011 51.8 AT WEEKENDS 4 639 32.7 DOESN'T WORK 5 302 15.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 4a. And another topical one - on Asian migrants. In your opinion, should migrants from Asia be allowed here without restriction - or on a selective basis - or not at all? Category label Code Count Percent NO RESTRICTION 6 123 6.3 SELECTIVE 7 1389 71.2 NONE 8 313 16.0 NO OPINION 9 127 6.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 4b. If SELECTIVE: About how many each year, would you suggest? Category label Code Count Percent NOT ASKED 0 563 28.8 100 OR LESS 1 77 3.9 200-400 2 51 2.6 500 3 50 2.6 600-900 4 4 .2 1,000 5 96 4.9 2,000-4,000 6 48 2.5 5,000 7 44 2.3 6,000-9,000 8 4 .2 10,000 9 30 1.5 OVER 10,000 10 39 2.0 100,000; NO LIMIT 11 3 .2 CAN'T SAY 12 943 48.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 5a. Now, we'd like your opinion on Federal politics. 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 favour? Just fold the paper, and drop it in the box. 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. Category label Code Count Percent A.L.P 4 742 38.0 DLP,QLP 5 127 6.5 LIB,CP 6 956 49.0 COMMUNIST 7 5 .3 IND. ETC 8 33 1.7 NO ANSWER 9 89 4.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 6. Next, about businesses owned here by oversea companies. It's been suggested that British, American and European companies operating here should have to see at least 30% of the shares in their Australian branches to residents of Australia. Would you favour - or oppose - a law to compel that? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 210 10.8 OPPOSE 11 179 9.2 FAVOUR 12 1563 80.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 7. Now a different kind of question - about our final Court of Appeal. In your opinion, should our final Court of Appeal be the High Court of Australia - or the Privy Council in London? Category label Code Count Percent HIGH COURT 1 1573 80.6 PRIVY COUNCIL 2 189 9.7 NO OPINION 3 190 9.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 8a. Next about the Government's plan to increase the call-up of 20-year-olds for military training, by 1500 a year - from 6900 to 8400. Are you for or against that increase? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 4 1340 68.6 AGAINST 5 458 23.5 UNDECIDED 6 154 7.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 8b. In planning our defences, do you think we should work chiefly with Britain - or chiefly with America - or with both equally? Category label Code Count Percent BOTH EQUAL 0 1414 72.4 NEITHER 1 35 1.8 NO OPINION 2 75 3.8 AMERICA 11 326 16.7 BRITAIN 12 102 5.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 8d. In your opinion, should nuclear weapons be kept out of Australia - or should we ask America and England to base nuclear weapons here? Category label Code Count Percent KEEP OUT 4 659 33.8 BASE HERE 5 994 50.9 UNDECIDED 6 299 15.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 9. Our forces in Vietnam are being increased by 350 - from 1,100 to 1,450. Do you think we should continue to fight in Vietnam - or should we bring our forces back to Australia? Category label Code Count Percent CONTINUE 7 1101 56.4 BRING BACK 8 546 28.0 UNDECIDED 9 305 15.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0 10. And, about trade with China. Are you for - or against - selling wheat and steel to Communist China? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 241 12.3 CODE UNKNOWN 1 89 4.6 AGAINST 11 618 31.7 FOR 12 1004 51.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1952 100.0
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