D0134: Age Poll, March, 1977
POLLING ORGANISATION Irving Saulwick and Associates SURVEY METHOD The sampled population consisted of persons aged 18 years and over who were enrolled to vote from all federal electorates throughout Australia, excluding the Northern Territory. Approximately 2,000 interviews were usually conducted. A number of starting points, proportional to the number of electors, was chosen in each Federal electorate. Beginning at the dwelling adjacent to that starting point the interviewer approached each dwelling until a contact was made and an interview completed. The next three adjacent dwellings were skipped and approaches were then made to each dwelling until a second interview was obtained and so on until a cluster size of 4 interviews were completed. The interviewee was selected by taking that person whose birthday was 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 were imposed in each sample locality. This poll is based on 2,015 interviews conducted in March 1977. BACKGROUND VARIABLES country of birth / religion / tenure / self assessment of social class/ number of persons living in dwelling/ home ownership/ occupation of head of household / age / sex / marital status / highest level of education / occupation / income / church attendance/ vote at last federal election/ present voting intention/ 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 33 1.6 GOOD 2 189 9.4 FAIR 3 909 45.1 POOR 4 564 28.0 VERY POOR 5 303 15.0 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 6 17 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 1b. AND IN 6 MONTHS TIME DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BE -? Category label Code Count Percent VERY GOOD 1 43 2.1 GOOD 2 307 15.2 FAIR 3 635 31.5 POOR 4 527 26.2 VERY POOR 5 406 20.1 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 6 97 4.8 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 2. I HAVE HERE SOME STATEMENTS PEOPLE HAVE MADE ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY - - 2a. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TELL ME WHICH ONE COMES CLOSEST TO YOUR VIEW. FIRSTLY - - (1) IT IS SENSIBLE TO BUY THINGS NOW BECAUSE THEY MAY BE MORE EXPENSIVE LATER (2) IT IS NOT WISE TO SPEND MONEY AT THE PRESENT BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS TOO UNCERTAIN Category label Code Count Percent BUY NOW 1 1324 65.7 NOT BUY NOW 2 599 29.7 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 92 4.6 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 2b. AND WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS COMES CLOSEST TO YOUR VIEW? (1) THE FRASER GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHAT IT IS DOING, AND ITS POLICIES WILL LEAD TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY (2) THE FRASER GOVERNMENT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Category label Code Count Percent ECONOMIC RECOVERY 1 830 41.2 NO IMPROVEMENT 2 1046 51.9 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 139 6.9 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 2c. AND WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS COMES CLOSEST TO YOUR VIEW? (1) THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON CURING INFLATION (2) THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT Category label Code Count Percent CURE INFLATION 1 741 36.8 REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT 2 853 42.3 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 22 1.1 BOTH EQUALLY 4 399 19.8 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 2d. AND WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS COMES CLOSEST TO YOUR VIEW? (1) BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I WILL PERSONALLY BE BETTER OFF ECONOMICALLY THAN I AM NOW (2) BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I WILL PERSONALLY BE WORSE OFF ECONOMICALLY THAN I AM NOW (3) BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I WILL PERSONALLY BE IN ABOUT THE SAME ECONOMIC POSITION AS I AM IN NOW Category label Code Count Percent BETTER OFF 1 439 21.8 WORSE OFF 2 347 17.2 ABOUT THE SAME 3 1174 58.3 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 4 55 2.7 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 2e. AND WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS COMES CLOSEST TO YOUR VIEW? (1) I WOULD WELCOME CUTS IN INCOME TAX BECAUSE I COULD BUY MORE THINGS (2) INCOME TAXES SHOULD REMAIN AT THEIR PRESENT LEVEL SO THAT GOVERNMENT WELFARE PROGRAMS CAN BE CONTINUED Category label Code Count Percent CUTS IN INC TAX 1 973 48.3 INC TAX REMAIN SAME 2 940 46.7 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 102 5.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 3. STILL THINKING ABOUT THE STATE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD YOU SAY WAS MOST LIKELY TO CAUSE PEOPLE SUCH AS YOU NOT TO SPEND THEIR MONEY AT THE MOMENT? (Obtain 1st and 2nd rank only) (1) CONCERN ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT (2) CONCERN ABOUT REDUCED INCOME (3) CONTINUING INFLATION (4) BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE THE THINGS THEY NEED (5) FEAR OF INDUSTRIAL UNREST (6) BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SAVING FOR BIG ITEMS SUCH AS HOLIDAYS OR RETIREMENT (7) BECAUSE THE COST OF BUYING LAND AND A HOUSE HAS INCREASED SO MUCH Category label Code Count Percent UNEMPLOYMENT 1 486 24.1 REDUCED INCOME 2 243 12.1 INFLATION 3 483 24.0 ALREADY HAVE THINGS 4 152 7.5 FEAR OF UNREST 5 184 9.1 SAVING 6 127 6.3 COST OF LAND 7 279 13.8 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 8 61 3.0 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 AND WHICH NEXT? (1) CONCERN ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT (2) CONCERN ABOUT REDUCED INCOME (3) CONTINUING INFLATION (4) BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE THE THINGS THEY NEED (5) FEAR OF INDUSTRIAL UNREST (6) BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SAVING FOR BIG ITEMS SUCH AS HOLIDAYS OR RETIREMENT (7) BECAUSE THE COST OF BUYING LAND AND A HOUSE HAS INCREASED SO MUCH Category label Code Count Percent UNEMPLOYMENT 1 329 16.3 REDUCED INCOME 2 237 11.8 INFLATION 3 465 23.1 ALREADY HAVE THINGS 4 146 7.2 FEAR OF UNREST 5 251 12.5 SAVING 6 156 7.7 COST OF LAND 7 276 13.7 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 8 155 7.7 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 4. THESE DAYS PEOPLE SPEAK OF VARIOUS DANGERS WHICH THEY SAY ARE THREATENING THE WORLD TODAY. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LIST OF DANGERS. I'D LIKE YOU TO TELL ME WHICH YOU THINK IS THE GREATEST DANGER AT THE MOMENT. AND WHICH IS THE NEXT GREATEST? (Obtain rank order from 1-8) WORLD DEPRESSION Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 372 18.5 SECOND CHOICE 2 293 14.5 THIRD CHOICE 3 263 13.1 FOURTH CHOICE 4 295 14.6 FIFTH CHOICE 5 276 13.7 SIXTH CHOICE 6 193 9.6 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 174 8.6 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 126 6.3 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 9 23 1.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 NUCLEAR WAR Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 270 13.4 SECOND CHOICE 2 213 10.6 THIRD CHOICE 3 203 10.1 FOURTH CHOICE 4 210 10.4 FIFTH CHOICE 5 204 10.1 SIXTH CHOICE 6 258 12.8 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 316 15.7 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 316 15.7 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 9 25 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 POLLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 242 12.0 SECOND CHOICE 2 302 15.0 THIRD CHOICE 3 276 13.7 FOURTH CHOICE 4 247 12.3 FIFTH CHOICE 5 235 11.7 SIXTH CHOICE 6 264 13.1 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 235 11.7 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 190 9.4 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 9 24 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 COMMUNISM Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 342 17.0 SECOND CHOICE 2 199 9.9 THIRD CHOICE 3 197 9.8 FOURTH CHOICE 4 188 9.3 FIFTH CHOICE 5 195 9.7 SIXTH CHOICE 6 238 11.8 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 303 15.0 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 328 16.3 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 9 25 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 FOOD AND ENERGY SHORTAGES Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 240 11.9 SECOND CHOICE 2 281 13.9 THIRD CHOICE 3 280 13.9 FOURTH CHOICE 4 285 14.1 FIFTH CHOICE 5 278 13.8 SIXTH CHOICE 6 253 12.6 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 235 11.7 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 136 6.7 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 9 27 1.3 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 NATURAL DISASTERS Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 57 2.8 SECOND CHOICE 2 127 6.3 THIRD CHOICE 3 157 7.8 FOURTH CHOICE 4 212 10.5 FIFTH CHOICE 5 255 12.7 SIXTH CHOICE 6 309 15.3 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 330 16.4 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 538 26.7 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 9 30 1.5 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 LOSS OF PERSONAL FREEDOM Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 204 10.1 SECOND CHOICE 2 247 12.3 THIRD CHOICE 3 292 14.5 FOURTH CHOICE 4 259 12.9 FIFTH CHOICE 5 274 13.6 SIXTH CHOICE 6 249 12.4 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 230 11.4 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 230 11.4 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 9 30 1.5 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 TERRORISM & THE USE OF VIOLENCE Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 285 14.1 SECOND CHOICE 2 347 17.2 THIRD CHOICE 3 332 16.5 FOURTH CHOICE 4 291 14.4 FIFTH CHOICE 5 261 13.0 SIXTH CHOICE 6 213 10.6 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 150 7.4 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 112 5.6 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 9 24 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 5. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ASK PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM THEY WOULD PREFER. I HAVE HERE A LIST OF THE 4 SONGS WHICH WILL BE VOTED ON. IF YOU HAD TO VOTE FOR A NATIONAL ANTHEM WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE 1ST. AND WHICH NEXT? (Obtain rank order from 1-4) ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 998 49.5 SECOND CHOICE 2 663 32.9 THIRD CHOICE 3 250 12.4 FOURTH CHOICE 4 80 4.0 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 5 24 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 501 24.9 SECOND CHOICE 2 379 18.8 THIRD CHOICE 3 424 21.0 FOURTH CHOICE 4 687 34.1 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 5 24 1.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 SONG OF AUSTRALIA Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 211 10.5 SECOND CHOICE 2 600 29.8 THIRD CHOICE 3 738 36.6 FOURTH CHOICE 4 431 21.4 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 5 35 1.7 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 WALTZING MATILDA Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 293 14.5 SECOND CHOICE 2 349 17.3 THIRD CHOICE 3 564 28.0 FOURTH CHOICE 4 780 38.7 DON'T KNOW;NE;MISSING 5 29 1.4 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 6a. 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? TEN MEANS HE IS EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH YOU ONE MEANS HE IS EXPREMELY UNPOPULAR WITH YOU Category label Code Count Percent EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR 1 471 23.4 2 111 5.5 3 122 6.1 4 143 7.1 5 382 19.0 6 177 8.8 7 176 8.7 8 183 9.1 9 45 2.2 EXTREMELY POPULAR 10 176 8.7 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 12 29 1.4 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 6b. 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? TEN MEANS HE IS EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH YOU ONE MEANS HE IS EXPREMELY UNPOPULAR WITH YOU Category label Code Count Percent EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR 1 505 25.1 2 111 5.5 3 125 6.2 4 137 6.8 5 364 18.1 6 152 7.5 7 146 7.2 8 156 7.7 9 51 2.5 EXTREMELY POPULAR 10 236 11.7 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 12 32 1.6 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 7. 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 56 2.8 ALP 2 871 43.2 DLP 3 50 2.5 LIBERAL 4 766 38.0 NCP 5 112 5.6 OTHER 6 36 1.8 DID NOT VOTE 7 18 .9 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 8 106 5.3 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 8. I HAVE HERE A LIST OF COUNTRIES WHICH ARE IN OUR PART OF THE WORLD - JAPAN INDONESIA CHINA INDIA VIETNAM PHILIPPINES PAPUA NEW GUINEA THAILAND 8a. FIRSTLY, WHICH OF THESE COUNTRIES, IF ANY, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE AS 'IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA'? YOU MAY NAME AS MANY OR AS FEW AS YOU WISH. Category label Code Count Percent JAPAN - IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA Q8A1 1743 86.5 INDONESIA - IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA Q8A2 760 37.7 CHINA - IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA Q8A3 1034 51.3 INDIA - IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA Q8A4 319 15.8 VIETNAM - IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA Q8A5 217 10.8 PHILIPPINES - IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA Q8A6 385 19.1 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - IMPORTANT TO AUST Q8A7 1001 49.7 THAILAND - IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA Q8A8 276 13.7 NONE - IMPORTANT TO AUSTRALIA Q8A9 59 2.9 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 8b. AND WHICH, IF ANY, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE AS 'DEMOCRATIC'? Category label Code Count Percent JAPAN - DEMOCRATIC Q8B1 863 43.0 INDONESIA - DEMOCRATIC Q8B2 128 6.4 CHINA - DEMOCRATIC Q8B3 119 5.9 INDIA - DEMOCRATIC Q8B4 164 8.2 VIETNAM - DEMOCRATIC Q8B5 43 2.1 PHILIPPINES - DEMOCRATIC Q8B6 158 7.9 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - DEMOCRATIC Q8B7 677 33.7 THAILAND - DEMOCRATIC Q8B8 85 4.2 NONE - DEMOCRATIC Q8B9 611 30.4 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 8c. AND WHICH, IF ANY, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE AS 'AGGRESSIVE'? Category label Code Count Percent JAPAN - AGGRESSIVE Q8C1 223 11.1 INDONESIA - AGGRESSIVE Q8C2 730 36.3 CHINA - AGGRESSIVE Q8C3 670 33.3 INDIA - AGGRESSIVE Q8C4 104 5.2 VIETNAM - AGGRESSIVE Q8C5 541 26.9 PHILIPPINES - AGGRESSIVE Q8C6 104 5.2 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - AGGRESSIVE Q8C7 79 3.9 THAILAND - AGGRESSIVE Q8C8 111 5.5 NONE - AGGRESSIVE Q8C9 421 20.9 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 8d. AND WHAT ABOUT 'TRUSTWORTHY'? Category label Code Count Percent JAPAN - TRUSTWORTHY Q8D1 596 29.7 INDONESIA - TRUSTWORTHY Q8D2 127 6.3 CHINA - TRUSTWORTHY Q8D3 243 12.1 INDIA - TRUSTWORTHY Q8D4 247 12.3 VIETNAM - TRUSTWORTHY Q8D5 74 3.7 PHILIPPINES - TRUSTWORTHY Q8D6 277 13.8 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - TRUSTWORTHY Q8D7 629 31.4 THAILAND - TRUSTWORTHY Q8D8 190 9.5 NONE - TRUSTWORTHY Q8D9 737 36.8 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 8e. AND WHAT ABOUT 'ON THE WAY UP'? Category label Code Count Percent JAPAN - ON THE WAY UP Q8E1 872 43.3 INDONESIA - ON THE WAY UP Q8E2 300 14.9 CHINA - ON THE WAY UP Q8E3 711 35.3 INDIA - ON THE WAY UP Q8E4 155 7.7 VIETNAM - ON THE WAY UP Q8E5 152 7.6 PHILIPPINES - ON THE WAY UP Q8E6 201 10.0 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - ON THE WAY UP Q8E7 631 31.3 THAILAND - ON THE WAY UP Q8E8 119 5.9 NONE - ON THE WAY UP Q8E9 254 12.6 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 8f. LIKELY TO BE A 'THREAT TO AUSTRALIA'? Category label Code Count Percent JAPAN - THREAT TO AUSTRALIA Q8F1 412 20.5 INDONESIA - THREAT TO AUSTRALIA Q8F2 696 34.6 CHINA - THREAT TO AUSTRALIA Q8F3 820 40.7 INDIA - THREAT TO AUSTRALIA Q8F4 85 4.2 VIETNAM - THREAT TO AUSTRALIA Q8F5 293 14.5 PHILIPPINES - THREAT TO AUSTRALIA Q8F6 72 3.6 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - THREAT TO AUSTRALIA Q8F7 66 3.3 THAILAND - THREAT TO AUSTRALIA Q8F8 85 4.2 NONE - THREAT TO AUSTRALIA Q8F9 455 22.6 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0 9. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BANNED CIGARETTE ADVERTISING ON TELEVISION AND RADIO. SOME PEOPLE CLAIM THAT CIGARETTE COMPANIES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ADVERTISE THROUGH THE SPONSORSHIP OF MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS. OTHERS SAY THAT WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP MANY SPORTS WOULD BE UNABLE TO CONTINUE AT THE SAME STANDARDS. WOULD YOU SAY THAT - (1) SPORTING GROUPS SHOULD ACCEPT MONEY FROM CIGARETTE MANUFACTURES (2) SPORTING GROUPS SHOULD NOT ACCEPT MONEY FROM CIGARETTE MANUFACTURERS Category label Code Count Percent ACCEPT MONEY 1 1460 72.5 NOT ACCEPT MONEY 2 517 25.7 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 38 1.9 ------- ----- Total responses 2015 100.0
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