D0163: Australian Gallup Poll, September 13, 1951
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 1,699 interviews conducted in September 1951. BACKGROUND VARIABLES age / sex / economic classification / occupation / religion / location / vote at last Federal election / car ownership / telephone subscriber / political complexion / interviewer grade / WEIGHTING The responses are unweighted. A weighting variable (WEIGHT) is included in the data file to indicate the interviewer workloads selected for duplication. THEMES - NAMES AND RESPONSES 1. The first question is about importing Japanese toys into Australia. Are you for, or against, importing a LIMITED number of Japanese toys? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 115 6.8 AGAINST 11 697 41.0 FOR 12 887 52.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 2a. FUTURE OF PRICES: In a year's time, do you think the price of food and clothing will be HIGHER or LOWER than now? Category label Code Count Percent NO CHANGE 0 162 9.5 NO OPINION 1 116 6.8 LOWER 11 713 42.0 HIGHER 12 708 41.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 2b. And which political party, Labor or Liberal, do you think can best handle the problem of high prices? Category label Code Count Percent LABOR 2 675 39.7 LIBERAL 3 491 28.9 NO DIFFERENCE 4 369 21.7 NO OPINION 5 164 9.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 3a. Have you heard of the plan to have service stations selling only one brand of petrol? 3b. IF 'YES' ASK: Are you for, or against, having those one-brand service-stations? Category label Code Count Percent NO 6 284 16.7 FOR 7 207 12.2 AGAINST 8 959 56.4 NO OPINION 9 249 14.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 3d. Are you a car driver? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 879 51.7 YES 12 820 48.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 4a. And now a question to see if there's been much 'flu about. Has anyone in your home been KEPT IN BED by a bad attack of 'flu this year? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 979 57.6 YES 12 719 42.3 MISSING 13 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 4b. IF "YES": How many adults and children were kept in bed? Category label Code Count Percent 1 325 19.1 2 196 11.5 3 95 5.6 4 65 3.8 5 20 1.2 6 9 .5 7 5 .3 8 2 .1 9 2 .1 NOT ASKED 10 979 57.6 MISSING 12 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 5a. The next question is to help forecast the referendum on banning the Communist Party. Judging by how you feel now, are you likely to vote YES for banning, or NO against banning? IF EVASIVE: Well, at present which are you inclined toward? Category label Code Count Percent YES 5 908 53.4 NO 6 656 38.6 UNDECIDED 7 135 7.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 5b. UNLESS 'UNDECIDED': And what chance is there you'll change your mind before the referendum - a fair chance, a slight chance, or none at all? Category label Code Count Percent NONE 0 1188 69.9 SLIGHT 11 122 7.2 FAIR 12 56 3.3 NOT ASKED 14 135 7.9 MISSING-UNKNOWN 15 198 11.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 6a. And here's a different kind of question. At what age do you think a GIRL should be allowed to go (at night) to the pictures or a dance, with a boy-friend? Category label Code Count Percent 10 YEARS 0 20 1.2 11 YEARS 1 24 1.4 12 YEARS 2 1 .1 13 YEARS 3 1 .1 14 YEARS 4 11 .6 15 YEARS 5 45 2.6 16 YEARS 6 418 24.6 17 YEARS 7 465 27.4 18 YEARS 8 567 33.4 19 YEARS 9 46 2.7 NO OPINION 12 101 5.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 6b. And what age for a BOY, with a girl-friend? Category label Code Count Percent 10 YEARS 0 88 5.2 11 YEARS 1 50 2.9 12 YEARS 2 7 .4 14 YEARS 4 14 .8 15 YEARS 5 45 2.6 16 YEARS 6 318 18.7 17 YEARS 7 347 20.4 18 YEARS 8 617 36.3 19 YEARS 9 116 6.8 NO OPINION 12 97 5.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 7a. And next is a question on Sunday pictures. Do you favor, or oppose, picture shows on Sunday evenings? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 1 849 50.0 OPPOSE 2 736 43.3 INDIFFERENT 3 86 5.1 UNDECIDED 4 28 1.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 7b. And what about pictures on Sunday afternoons? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 5 637 37.5 OPPOSE 6 936 55.1 INDIFFERENT 7 86 5.1 UNDECIDED 8 40 2.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 7c. To help classify answers to this question, would you mind telling me your religion? Category label Code Count Percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 1 315 18.5 CHURCH ENGLAND 2 714 42.0 PRESBYTERIAN 3 212 12.5 METHODIST 4 230 13.5 BAPTIST 5 31 1.8 PROTESTANT 6 25 1.5 OTHER CHRISTIAN 7 92 5.4 NON-CHRISTIAN 8 11 .6 NO RELIGION 9 28 1.6 MISSING 10 41 2.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 8a. MAYORS & COUNCILS: (a) Do you think (Mayors) should be elected by the Councillors, or by the voters at Council elections? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 126 7.4 VOTERS 11 1041 61.3 COUNCILLORS 12 532 31.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 8b. IN BIG CITIES ASK: Do you favor having only one Council for all of (NAME YOUR CITY) and suburbs, or a separate Council for each part? Category label Code Count Percent ONLY ONE 1 345 20.3 SEPARATE 2 673 39.6 NO OPINION 3 671 39.5 MISSING 4 10 .6 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 8c. ELSEWHERE ASK: Do you favor having only one Regional Council for this part of the State, or a separate Council for each district? Category label Code Count Percent ONLY ONE 4 128 7.5 SEPARATE 5 593 34.9 NO OPINION 6 978 57.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0 9. And an international question. Do you think Russia's peace campaign is genuine, or not? Category label Code Count Percent YES GENUINE 7 123 7.2 NO 8 1243 73.2 UNDECIDED,NO INFORMATION 9 333 19.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1699 100.0
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