D0132: Age Poll, September, 1976
POLLING ORGANISATION Irving Saulwick and Associates SURVEY METHOD The sampled population consists of persons aged 18 years and over who are enrolled to vote from all federal electorates throughout Australia, excluding the Northern Territory. Approximately 2,000 interviews are usually conducted. A number of starting points, proportional to the number of electors, is chosen in each Federal electorate. Beginning at the dwelling adjacent to that starting point the interviewer approaches each dwelling until an interview is completed. The next three adjacent dwellings are skipped and approaches are then made to each dwelling until a second interview is obtained, and so on until a cluster size of 4 interviews is completed. The interviewee is selected by taking that person whose birthday is nearest to the date of interview, aged 18 years or more and enrolled to vote and at home. Equal numbers of interviews with males and females within a pair of clusters and an age quota are imposed in each sample locality. This poll is based on only 1,431 interviews conducted in September 1976. NSW and ACT electorates in particular are underrepresented. BACKGROUND VARIABLES country of birth / religion / self assessment of social class/ occupation of head of household / age / sex / marital status / highest level of education / occupation / voting intention/ vote at last federal election/ WEIGHTING The responses are unweighted. THEMES - NAMES AND RESPONSES 1a. THERE IS MUCH TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA - WOULD YOU SAY THAT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA TODAY ARE - ? (Encourage Best Guess) Category label Code Count Percent VERY GOOD 1 36 2.5 GOOD 2 206 14.4 FAIR 3 694 48.5 POOR 4 320 22.4 VERY POOR 5 164 11.5 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 6 11 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 1b. AND IN 6 MONTHS TIME DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BE -? Category label Code Count Percent VERY GOOD 1 60 4.2 GOOD 2 338 23.6 FAIR 3 495 34.6 POOR 4 271 18.9 VERY POOR 5 211 14.7 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 6 56 3.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 2. IT IS GENERALLY AGREED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ABOUT RAPIDLY RISING PRICES LATELY. THINKING ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE RECENTLY INTRODUCED BUDGET, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS COMES CLOSEST TO YOUR OPINION? (1) THIS BUDGET WILL SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW DOWN INFLATION (2) THIS BUDGET WILL HELP TO SLOW DOWN INFLATION (3) THIS BUDGET WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON INFLATION (4) THIS BUDGET WILL HELP TO INCREASE INFLATION (5) THIS BUDGET WILL SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE INFLATION Category label Code Count Percent SIGNIF. SLOW DOWN 1 52 3.6 HELP SLOW DOWN 2 617 43.1 NO EFFECT 3 480 33.5 HELP TO INCREASE 4 201 14.0 SUBST. INCREASE 5 40 2.8 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 6 41 2.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 3. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE LIKELY EFFECTS OF THIS LATEST BUDGET, DO YOU THINK THAT IN 6 MONTHS TIME THERE WILL BE? (1) MANY MORE JOBS AVAILABLE (2) A FEW MORE JOBS AVAILABLE (3) A FEW LESS JOBS AVAILABLE (4) MANY LESS JOBS AVAILABLE (5) THIS BUDGET WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION Category label Code Count Percent MANY MORE 1 43 3.0 A FEW MORE 2 531 37.1 A FEW LESS 3 338 23.6 MANY LESS 4 222 15.5 NO EFFECT 5 271 18.9 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 6 26 1.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 4. AUSTRALIA HAS HAD A LIBERAL NATIONAL COUNTRY PARTY GOVERNMENT NOW FOR THE PAST NINE MONTHS - - ON THIS CARD YOU WILL SEE SOME WORDS PEOPLE HAVE USED TO DESCRIBE THE PRESENT LIBERAL NATIONAL COUNTRY PARTY GOVERNMENT - - 4a. WHICH ONES DO YOU THINK ARE SUITABLE DESCRIPTIONS. YOU MAY CHOOSE AS MANY OR AS FEW AS YOU LIKE? Category label Code Count Percent RESPONSIBLE Q4A1 441 30.8 AUTHORITARIAN Q4A2 209 14.6 BUSINESS-LIKE Q4A3 446 31.2 IMAGINATIVE Q4A4 109 7.6 REACTIONARY Q4A5 122 8.5 DULL Q4A6 295 20.6 PRACTICAL Q4A7 408 28.5 PENNY PINCHING Q4A8 405 28.3 REASSURING Q4A9 172 12.0 AGGRESSIVE Q4A10 216 15.1 PURPOSEFUL Q4A11 302 21.1 UNSYMPATHETIC Q4A12 428 29.9 DON'T KNOW;NONE Q4A13 36 2.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 4b. IN YOUR OPINION, WHICH ONE OF THESE WORDS BEST DESCRIBES THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT? (Only ONE code to be circled) (Encourage 'Best Guess' from only those words on the card, if the respondent is not sure) Category label Code Count Percent RESPONSIBLE 1 254 17.7 17.7 AUTHORITARIAN 2 59 4.1 4.1 BUSINESS-LIKE 3 158 11.0 11.0 IMAGINATIVE 4 24 1.7 1.7 REACTIONARY 5 52 3.6 3.6 DULL 6 146 10.2 10.2 PRACTICAL 7 145 10.1 10.1 PENNY PINCHING 8 155 10.8 10.8 REASSURING 9 48 3.4 3.4 AGGRESSIVE 10 78 5.5 5.5 PURPOSEFUL 11 92 6.4 6.4 UNSYMPATHETIC 12 174 12.2 12.2 DON'T KNOW;NONE 13 46 3.2 3.2 ------- ----- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 100.0 4c. IN GENERAL, DO YOU FEEL THE LIBERAL NATIONAL COUNTRY PARTY GOVERNMENT HAS PERFORMED? (Read out - do not accept 'Don't Know' too readily) Category label Code Count Percent BETTER 1 149 10.4 WORSE 2 343 24.0 SAME AS EXPECTED 3 913 63.8 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 4 26 1.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 5a. IF YOU HAD TO GIVE MR FRASER A MARK OUT OF TEN FOR HIS POPULARITY WITH YOU, WHAT MARK WOULD YOU GIVE HIM - YOU CAN GIVE HIM ANY NUMBER BETWEEN ONE AND TEN? 10 MEANS HE IS EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH YOU 1 MEANS HE IS EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR WITH YOU Category label Code Count Percent 1 326 22.8 2 60 4.2 3 54 3.8 4 85 5.9 5 276 19.3 6 136 9.5 7 155 10.8 8 159 11.1 9 40 2.8 10 130 9.1 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 12 10 .7 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 5b. IF YOU HAD TO GIVE MR WHITLAM A MARK OUT OF TEN FOR HIS POPULARITY WITH YOU, WHAT MARK WOULD YOU GIVE HIM - YOU CAN GIVE HIM ANY NUMBER BETWEEN ONE AND TEN? 10 MEANS HE IS EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH YOU 1 MEANS HE IS EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR WITH YOU Category label Code Count Percent 1 407 28.4 2 71 5.0 3 71 5.0 4 100 7.0 5 252 17.6 6 98 6.8 7 94 6.6 8 123 8.6 9 39 2.7 10 160 11.2 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 12 16 1.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 6a. THINKING AGAIN ABOUT MR FRASER. I HAVE HERE A LIST OF WORDS PEOPLE HAVE USED TO DESCRIBE MR FRASER, WHICH ONES DO YOU THINK ARE SUITABLE DESCRIPTIONS OF HIM? YOU MAY CHOOSE AS MANY OR AS FEW AS YOU LIKE. Category label Code Count Percent MR FRASER - TRUSTWORTHY Q6A1 261 18.2 MR FRASER - CLEVER Q6A2 365 25.5 MR FRASER - WISE Q6A3 190 13.3 MR FRASER - DOMINEERING Q6A4 287 20.1 MR FRASER - ARROGANT Q6A5 446 31.2 MR FRASER - COLD Q6A6 257 18.0 MR FRASER - DEDICATED Q6A7 441 30.8 MR FRASER - HARD WORKING Q6A8 497 34.7 MR FRASER - LIKEABLE Q6A9 193 13.5 MR FRASER - RUTHLESS Q6A10 323 22.6 MR FRASER - IMPULSIVE Q6A11 110 7.7 MR FRASER - PRINCIPLED Q6A12 312 21.8 MR FRASER - COLOURLESS Q6A13 196 13.7 MR FRASER - VINDICTIVE Q6A14 125 8.7 MR FRASER - DON'TKNOW;NOT ESTABLISHED Q6A15 27 1.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 6b. AND IN YOUR OPINION, WHICH ONE OF THESE WORDS BEST DESCRIBES MR FRASER? Category label Code Count Percent TRUSTWORTHY 1 80 5.6 CLEVER 2 93 6.5 WISE 3 60 4.2 DOMINEERING 4 92 6.4 ARROGANT 5 199 13.9 COLD 6 73 5.1 DEDICATED 7 217 15.2 HARD WORKING 8 149 10.4 LIKEABLE 9 47 3.3 RUTHLESS 10 129 9.0 IMPULSIVE 11 34 2.4 PRINCIPLED 12 104 7.3 COLOURLESS 13 67 4.7 VINDICTIVE 14 33 2.3 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 15 54 3.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 6c. THINKING AGAIN ABOUT MR WHITLAM. I HAVE HERE A LIST OF WORDS PEOPLE HAVE USED TO DESCRIBE MR WHITLAM, WHICH ONES DO YOU THINK ARE SUITABLE DESCRIPTIONS OF HIM? YOU MAY CHOOSE AS MANY OR AS FEW AS YOU LIKE. Category label Code Count Percent Dichotomy label Name Count Cases MR WHITLAM - TRUSTWORTHY Q6C1 125 8.7 MR WHITLAM - CLEVER Q6C2 572 40.0 MR WHITLAM - WISE Q6C3 164 11.5 MR WHITLAM - DOMINEERING Q6C4 421 29.4 MR WHITLAM - ARROGANT Q6C5 603 42.1 MR WHITLAM - COLD Q6C6 81 5.7 MR WHITLAM - DEDICATED Q6C7 382 26.7 MR WHITLAM - HARD WORKING Q6C8 439 30.7 MR WHITLAM - LIKEABLE Q6C9 236 16.5 MR WHITLAM - RUTHLESS Q6C10 319 22.3 MR WHITLAM - IMPULSIVE Q6C11 380 26.6 MR WHITLAM - PRINCIPLED Q6C12 152 10.6 MR WHITLAM - COLOURLESS Q6C13 57 4.0 MR WHITLAM - VINDICTIVE Q6C14 211 14.7 MR WHITLAM - DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB Q6C15 20 1.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 AND IN YOUR OPINION, WHICH ONE OF THESE WORDS BEST DESCRIBES MR WHITLAM? Category label Code Count Percent TRUSTWORTHY 1 41 2.9 CLEVER 2 178 12.4 WISE 3 57 4.0 DOMINEERING 4 143 10.0 ARROGANT 5 316 22.1 COLD 6 18 1.3 DEDICATED 7 154 10.8 HARD WORKING 8 134 9.4 LIKEABLE 9 64 4.5 RUTHLESS 10 82 5.7 IMPULSIVE 11 94 6.6 PRINCIPLED 12 36 2.5 COLOURLESS 13 19 1.3 VINDICTIVE 14 48 3.4 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 15 47 3.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 7. I HAVE HERE A LIST OF THINGS WHICH SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER TO BE WRONG OR DANGEROUS AND OTHERS CONSIDER TO BE QUITE ALL RIGHT OR HARMLESS. FROM THIS SCALE (Hand Card) WOULD YOU INDICATE YOUR FEELINGS BY CHOOSING THE NUMBER THAT BEST DESCRIBES YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THESE MATTERS. FIRST OF ALL - THE NEW LAWS WHICH MAKE DIVORCE EASIER - IF YOU THINK THEY ARE VERY WRONG OR DANGEROUS YOU WILL SAY NUMBER '1'. IF THEY ARE VERY RIGHT OR HARMLESS YOU WILL SAY NUMBER '5'. THE NUMBERS IN BETWEEN INDICATE LESS DEFINITE OPINIONS EITHER WAY. NOW, WHAT NUMBER WOULD YOU SAY FOR - - THE NEW LAWS WHICH MAKE DIVORCE EASIER Category label Code Count Percent DANGEROUS 1 269 18.8 2 138 9.6 3 295 20.6 4 197 13.8 HARMLESS 5 532 37.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS Category label Code Count Percent DANGEROUS 1 137 9.6 2 72 5.0 3 256 17.9 4 241 16.8 HARMLESS 5 725 50.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 UNMARRIED COUPLES LIVING TOGETHER Category label Code Count Percent DANGEROUS 1 382 26.7 2 119 8.3 3 351 24.5 4 186 13.0 HARMLESS 5 393 27.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 ALLOWING MASSAGE PARLOURS TO OPERATE Category label Code Count Percent DANGEROUS 1 588 41.1 2 127 8.9 3 338 23.6 4 146 10.2 HARMLESS 5 232 16.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 ABORTION ON REQUEST Category label Code Count Percent DANGEROUS 1 413 28.9 2 110 7.7 3 285 19.9 4 187 13.1 HARMLESS 5 436 30.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 LEGALISING HOMOSEXUAL PRACTICES BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULTS Category label Code Count Percent DANGEROUS 1 531 37.1 2 55 3.8 3 306 21.4 4 136 9.5 HARMLESS 5 403 28.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0 8. IF A FEDERAL ELECTION FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WAS HELD TOMORROW, FOR WHICH POLITICAL PARTY WOULD YOU PROBABLY VOTE? Category label Code Count Percent AUST. PARTY 1 32 2.2 ALP 2 589 41.2 DLP 3 25 1.7 LIBERAL 4 596 41.6 NCP 5 94 6.6 OTHER 6 20 1.4 DID NOT VOTE 7 14 1.0 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 8 61 4.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1431 100.0
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