D0143: Age Poll, April, 1979 : Victorian State Election Supplement

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 1,043 interviews conducted in April 1979.

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

NOTE:     If interviewing in VICTORIA - Go to Q.11
                 All Other States - Skip to Classification Q.1 Page.6

VICTORIA ONLY

11.  THINKING ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING STATE ELECTIONS AND THE
       PERFORMANCE OF THE MAIN PARTY LEADERS - -

11a. HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PREMIER,
        MR HAMER?
        WOULD YOU SAY HIS PERFORMANCE WAS - -

Category label                            Code      Count   Percent

VERY GOOD                                    1        103      9.9
GOOD                                         2        282     27.0
FAIR                                         3        405     38.8
POOR                                         4        125     12.0
VERY POOR                                    5        110     10.5
DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB                         6         18      1.7
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                                 Total responses     1043    100.0


11b. AND HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OPPOSITION
        LEADER, MR WILKES?

Category label                            Code      Count   Percent

VERY GOOD                                    1         56      5.4
GOOD                                         2        255     24.4
FAIR                                         3        454     43.5
POOR                                         4        125     12.0
VERY POOR                                    5         44      4.2
DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB                         6        109     10.5
                                                  -------    -----
                                 Total responses     1043    100.0


12.  IF THE STATE ELECTION WERE HELD TOMORROW, FOR WHICH
       POLITICAL PARTY WOULD YOU VOTE?

Category label                            Code      Count   Percent

LIBERAL                                      1        401     38.4
NCP                                          2         35      3.4
ALP                                          3        452     43.3
AUST.DEM                                     4         66      6.3
DLP                                          5         18      1.7
OTHER                                        6         12      1.2
DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB                         7         59      5.7
                                                  -------    -----
                                 Total responses     1043    100.0


13a. I HAVE HERE A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHICH OPPOSING PARTIES
        CLAIM TO BE IMPORTANT IN THIS ELECTION. WHICH OF THESE
        ISSUES WILL BE IMPORTANT TO YOU IN CASTING YOUR VOTE?
        YOU MAY NAME AS MANY OR AS FEW AS YOU LIKE - -
       (1) THE HANDLING OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
       (2) ATTITUDES TOWARDS UNEMPLOYMENT
       (3) HONESTY IN GOVERNMENT
       (4) PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
       (5) DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
       (6) EDUCATION
       (7) DANGER OF LEFT WING GOVERNMENT
       (8) QUALITY OF LEADERSHIP
       (9) THE GOVERNMENT'S RECORD IN LAND DEALS
       (0) STABLE GOVERNMENT
       (1) ATTITUDES TO PERMISSIVE BEHAVIOUR
       (2) INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
       (3) COMPETENCE IN ADMINISTRATION

Category label                            Code      Count   Percent

HANDLING OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES          Q13A01       634     60.9
ATTITUDES TOWARDS UNEMPLOYMENT           Q13A02       744     71.5
HONESTY IN GOVERNMENT                    Q13A03       740     71.1
PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT             Q13A04       425     40.8
DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT          Q13A05       472     45.3
EDUCATION                                Q13A06       757     72.7
DANGER OF LEFT WING GOVERNMENT           Q13A07       232     22.3
QUALITY OF LEADERSHIP                    Q13A08       454     43.6
GOVERNMENT'S RECORD IN LAND DEALS        Q13A09       339     32.6
STABLE GOVERNMENT                        Q13A10       520     50.0
ATTITUDES TOWARDS PERMISSIVE BEHAVIOUR   Q13A11       259     24.9
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT                   Q13A12       474     45.5
COMPETENCE IN ADMINISTRATION             Q13A13       493     47.4
                                                  -------    -----
                                 Total responses     1043    100.0


13b.AND WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK WILL BE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU?
       (1) THE HANDLING OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
       (2) ATTITUDES TOWARDS UNEMPLOYMENT
       (3) HONESTY IN GOVERNMENT
       (4) PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
       (5) DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
       (6) EDUCATION
       (7) DANGER OF LEFT WING GOVERNMENT
       (8) QUALITY OF LEADERSHIP
       (9) THE GOVERNMENT'S RECORD IN LAND DEALS
       (0) STABLE GOVERNMENT
       (1) ATTITUDES TO PERMISSIVE BEHAVIOUR
       (2) INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
       (3) COMPETENCE IN ADMINISTRATION

Category label                            Code      Count   Percent

HANDLING IND.DISP                            1        146     14.0
ATT.TO UNEMPLOYMENT                          2        221     21.2
HONESTY                                      3        247     23.7
PLANNING & ENVIRON                           4         15      1.4
PUB TRANSPORT                                5         28      2.7
EDUCATION                                    6        137     13.1
LEFT WING                                    7         18      1.7
LEADERSHIP                                   8         31      3.0
LAND DEALS                                   9         12      1.2
STABLE GOVT                                 10         55      5.3
ATT.TO PERM.BEHAV                           11         10      1.0
IND DEVELOPMENT                             12         40      3.8
COMP.IN ADMIN                               13         61      5.8
MULTIPLE RESPONSE                           14         10      1.0
NOT ESTABLISHED                             15         12      1.2
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                                 Total responses     1043    100.0


14.  THINKING NOW ABOUT THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF A CHANGE OF
       GOVERNMENT ON THE WAY IN WHICH THE STATE IS MANAGED.
       IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT FROM
       LIBERAL TO LABOR MAKE - -

Category label                            Code      Count   Percent

A BIG DIFFERENCE                             1        305     29.2
SOME DIFFERENCE                              2        468     44.9
LITTLE DIFFERENCE                            3        182     17.4
NO DIFF. AT ALL                              4         68      6.5
DON'T KNOW;NOT ESTAB                         5         20      1.9
                                                  -------    -----
                                 Total responses     1043    100.0