D0138: Age Poll, December, 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 2,116 interviews conducted in December 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 1. THE FEDERAL ELECTION FOR BOTH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND HALF THE SENATE WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 10TH. HERE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES WHICH ARE BEING DISCUSSED IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED? WHICH NEXT (ETC.)? RANK FROM 1 TO 10 PENSIONS & SOCIAL SERVICES Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 195 9.2 SECOND CHOICE 2 122 5.8 THIRD CHOICE 3 148 7.0 FOURTH CHOICE 4 201 9.5 FIFTH CHOICE 5 287 13.6 SIXTH CHOICE 6 329 15.5 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 310 14.7 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 224 10.6 NINTH CHOICE 9 188 8.9 TENTH CHOICE 10 84 4.0 DK;NE 13 28 1.3 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 STRIKES & UNION POWER Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 220 10.4 SECOND CHOICE 2 256 12.1 THIRD CHOICE 3 297 14.0 FOURTH CHOICE 4 268 12.7 FIFTH CHOICE 5 233 11.0 SIXTH CHOICE 6 205 9.7 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 163 7.7 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 171 8.1 NINTH CHOICE 9 179 8.5 TENTH CHOICE 10 93 4.4 DK;NE 13 31 1.5 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 THE MINING & EXPORT OF URANIUM Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 97 4.6 SECOND CHOICE 2 141 6.7 THIRD CHOICE 3 204 9.6 FOURTH CHOICE 4 214 10.1 FIFTH CHOICE 5 233 11.0 SIXTH CHOICE 6 250 11.8 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 244 11.5 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 248 11.7 NINTH CHOICE 9 300 14.2 TENTH CHOICE 10 145 6.9 DK;NE 13 40 1.9 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 INFLATION Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 341 16.1 SECOND CHOICE 2 518 24.5 THIRD CHOICE 3 372 17.6 FOURTH CHOICE 4 282 13.3 FIFTH CHOICE 5 195 9.2 SIXTH CHOICE 6 142 6.7 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 103 4.9 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 66 3.1 NINTH CHOICE 9 55 2.6 TENTH CHOICE 10 23 1.1 DK;NE 13 19 .9 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 THE EARLY ELECTION Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 18 .9 SECOND CHOICE 2 26 1.2 THIRD CHOICE 3 35 1.7 FOURTH CHOICE 4 50 2.4 FIFTH CHOICE 5 55 2.6 SIXTH CHOICE 6 58 2.7 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 126 6.0 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 182 8.6 NINTH CHOICE 9 287 13.6 TENTH CHOICE 10 1231 58.2 DK;NE 13 48 2.3 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 ABILITY TO MANAGE THE ECONOMY Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 305 14.4 SECOND CHOICE 2 275 13.0 THIRD CHOICE 3 290 13.7 FOURTH CHOICE 4 283 13.4 FIFTH CHOICE 5 222 10.5 SIXTH CHOICE 6 222 10.5 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 182 8.6 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 157 7.4 NINTH CHOICE 9 94 4.4 TENTH CHOICE 10 58 2.7 DK;NE 13 28 1.3 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 UNEMPLOYMENT Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 606 28.6 SECOND CHOICE 2 463 21.9 THIRD CHOICE 3 331 15.6 FOURTH CHOICE 4 226 10.7 FIFTH CHOICE 5 153 7.2 SIXTH CHOICE 6 120 5.7 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 75 3.5 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 62 2.9 NINTH CHOICE 9 43 2.0 TENTH CHOICE 10 18 .9 DK;NE 13 19 .9 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 LAW & ORDER Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 284 13.4 SECOND CHOICE 2 220 10.4 THIRD CHOICE 3 228 10.8 FOURTH CHOICE 4 269 12.7 FIFTH CHOICE 5 291 13.8 SIXTH CHOICE 6 207 9.8 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 178 8.4 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 160 7.6 NINTH CHOICE 9 178 8.4 TENTH CHOICE 10 78 3.7 DK;NE 13 23 1.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 FOREIGN POLICY & DEFENCE Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 14 .7 SECOND CHOICE 2 37 1.7 THIRD CHOICE 3 85 4.0 FOURTH CHOICE 4 142 6.7 FIFTH CHOICE 5 203 9.6 SIXTH CHOICE 6 301 14.2 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 385 18.2 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 423 20.0 NINTH CHOICE 9 348 16.4 TENTH CHOICE 10 139 6.6 DK;NE 13 39 1.8 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 OVERSEAS OWNERSHIP OF AUST INDUSTRY Category label Code Count Percent FIRST CHOICE 1 31 1.5 SECOND CHOICE 2 49 2.3 THIRD CHOICE 3 112 5.3 FOURTH CHOICE 4 157 7.4 FIFTH CHOICE 5 218 10.3 SIXTH CHOICE 6 245 11.6 SEVENTH CHOICE 7 306 14.5 EIGHTH CHOICE 8 368 17.4 NINTH CHOICE 9 393 18.6 TENTH CHOICE 10 196 9.3 DK;NE 13 41 1.9 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 2a. 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 EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR 1 617 29.2 2 130 6.1 3 117 5.5 4 128 6.0 5 340 16.1 6 152 7.2 7 125 5.9 8 172 8.1 9 64 3.0 EXTREMELY POPULAR 10 251 11.9 MISSING 13 20 .9 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 2b. 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 EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR 1 515 24.3 2 107 5.1 3 84 4.0 4 140 6.6 5 346 16.4 6 188 8.9 7 182 8.6 8 210 9.9 9 52 2.5 EXTREMELY POPULAR 10 274 12.9 MISSING 13 18 .9 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 3. IF A FEDERAL ELECTION FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WAS HELD TOMORROW, FOR WHICH POLITICAL PARTY WOULD YOU PROBABLY VOTE? If A.L.P., Liberal or National Country Party given to Q.3 - go to Q.5 - If Not - go to Q.4 Category label Code Count Percent ALP 1 787 37.2 AUST. PARTY 2 14 .7 AUST.DEM 3 217 10.3 DLP 4 43 2.0 LIBERAL 5 835 39.5 NCP 6 112 5.3 OTHER 7 21 1.0 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 8 87 4.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 4. AND TO WHICH PARTY WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR SECOND PREFERENCE? Category label Code Count Percent ALP 1 114 5.4 LIBERAL 2 110 5.2 NCP 3 26 1.2 OTHER 4 20 .9 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 5 31 1.5 NOT ASKED 6 1734 81.9 MISSING 7 81 3.8 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 5. AND IF THE SENATE ELECTION WERE HELD TOMORROW, FOR WHICH POLITICAL PARTY WOULD YOU PROBABLY VOTE? Category label Code Count Percent ALP 1 741 35.0 AUST. PARTY 2 21 1.0 AUST.DEM 3 234 11.1 DLP 4 47 2.2 LIBERAL 5 817 38.6 NCP 6 128 6.0 OTHER 7 28 1.3 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 8 100 4.7 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 6. WHICH PARTY DID YOU VOTE FOR IN THE LAST FEDERAL ELECTION FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HELD IN DECEMBER 1975 Category label Code Count Percent ALP 1 848 40.1 AUST.PARTY 2 19 .9 AUST.DEM 3 18 .9 DLP 4 943 44.6 LIBERAL 5 117 5.5 NCP 6 13 .6 OTHER 7 106 5.0 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 8 51 2.4 MISSING 9 1 .0 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 7. HOW MUCH INTEREST HAVE YOU TAKEN IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN SO FAR? WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAVE TAKEN - ? Category label Code Count Percent A GOOD DEAL 1 801 37.9 SOME 2 729 34.5 NOT MUCH 3 457 21.6 NONE 4 129 6.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 9. NOW TALKING ABOUT MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES, I HAVE HERE SOME STATEMENTS WHICH SOME PEOPLE HAVE MADE ABOUT MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES WOULD YOU TELL ME PLEASE WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENTS ON THIS CARD MULTI-NATIONALS IN AUSTRALIA ABIDE BY THE RULES AND LAWS OF OUR JUST AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER LOCAL COMPANY Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1256 59.4 DISAGREE 2 637 30.1 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 222 10.5 MISSING 4 1 .0 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 MULTI-NATIONALS IN AUSTRALIA SEND TOO MUCH OF THEIR PROFITS TO THEIR OVERSEAS PARENT COMPANY Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1496 70.7 DISAGREE 2 398 18.8 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 222 10.5 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 MULTI-NATIONALS IN AUSTRALIA SO NOT CARE MUCH ABOUT THE NATIONAL INTEREST OF OUR COUNTRY Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1067 50.4 DISAGREE 2 845 39.9 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 203 9.6 MISSING 4 1 .0 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 THERE IS TOO MUCH CONTROL OF MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES IN AUSTRALIA BY THEIR OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1453 68.7 DISAGREE 2 404 19.1 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 259 12.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 MULTI-NATIONALS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR AUSTRALIA'S GROWTH AND EXPANSION Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1677 79.3 DISAGREE 2 343 16.2 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 94 4.4 MISSING 4 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 10. AND NOW TALKING ABOUT BUSINESSES AND COMPANIES GENERALLY. I HAVE HERE SOME STATEMENTS WHICH SOME PEOPLE HAVE MADE ABOUT BUSINESSES AND COMPANIES. WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENTS ON THIS CARD TOO MANY BIG COMPANIES NOWADAYS MAKE EXTREMELY LARGE PROFITS Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1458 68.9 DISAGREE 2 560 26.5 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 97 4.6 MISSING 4 1 .0 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAINTAIN A TIGHTER CONTROL ON THE ACTIVITIES OF BUSINESS Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1252 59.2 DISAGREE 2 763 36.1 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 100 4.7 MISSING 4 1 .0 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 EMPLOYEES SHOULD HAVE GREATER SAY IN IMPORTANT DECISIONS AFFECTING THE COMPANIES THEY WORK FOR Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1285 60.7 DISAGREE 2 737 34.8 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 92 4.3 MISSING 4 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 MOST COMPANIES ARE GENUINELY CONCERNED TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF CONSUMERS WHO BUY THEIR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1318 62.3 DISAGREE 2 696 32.9 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 102 4.8 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0 A LOT MORE COMPANIES SHOULD KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES REGULARLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR COMPANIES Category label Code Count Percent AGREE 1 1810 85.5 DISAGREE 2 245 11.6 DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB 3 60 2.8 MISSING 4 1 .0 ------- ----- Total responses 2116 100.0
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