D0169: Australian Gallup Poll, September 23, 1956
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 1,980 interviews conducted in September 1956. BACKGROUND VARIABLES age / sex / economic classification / occupation / location / vote at last Federal election / voting intention / car ownership / telephone subscriber / political complexion / sex of interviewer / 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 1a. The first question is about lotteries: Do you favor, or oppose, having a lottery in this State? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 84 4.2 OPPOSE 11 211 10.7 FAVOR 12 1685 85.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 1b. Have you ever brought a ticket in a lottery - one of the big ones with cash? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 1731 87.4 NO 2 233 11.8 MISSING 3 16 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 1c. IF "YES": How long is it since you bought a ticket? 1c1. How many years? Category label Code Count Percent 1 68 3.4 2 45 2.3 3 21 1.1 4 7 .4 5 12 .6 6 9 .5 7 1 .1 8 3 .2 NOT ASKED 9 249 12.6 MISSING 10 1565 79.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 1c2. How many weeks? Category label Code Count Percent 1 728 36.8 2 207 10.5 3 102 5.2 4 133 6.7 5 14 .7 6 46 2.3 7 1 .1 8 81 4.1 9 1 .1 10 15 .8 11 1 .1 12 72 3.6 13 3 .2 14 1 .1 15 1 .1 16 5 .3 17 1 .1 18 2 .1 20 11 .6 24 11 .6 25 6 .3 26 30 1.5 28 1 .1 30 2 .1 32 3 .2 36 3 .2 40 1 .1 NOT ASKED 98 249 12.6 MISSING 99 249 12.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 1d. Have you ever won a prize? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 833 42.1 YES 12 932 47.1 MISSING 13 215 10.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 1e. IF "YES": How long is it since you won? 1e1. How many years? Category label Code Count Percent 1 155 7.8 2 125 6.3 3 65 3.3 4 38 1.9 5 48 2.4 6 25 1.3 7 22 1.1 8 17 .9 9 5 .3 NOT ASKED 10 1048 52.9 MISSING 11 432 21.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 1e2. How many months? Category label Code Count Percent 1 73 3.7 2 47 2.4 3 45 2.3 4 20 1.0 5 6 .3 6 69 3.5 7 2 .1 8 8 .4 9 14 .7 NOT ASKED 10 1048 52.9 MISSING 11 648 32.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 1f. What's the largest amount you've ever won? Category label Code Count Percent 0 1039 52.5 1 58 2.9 2 30 1.5 3 15 .8 4 5 .3 5 407 20.6 7 2 .1 8 1 .1 10 196 9.9 12 2 .1 13 1 .1 15 11 .6 17 1 .1 18 1 .1 20 33 1.7 25 19 1.0 30 17 .9 33 1 .1 40 25 1.3 45 1 .1 50 33 1.7 65 1 .1 78 1 .1 87 1 .1 100 42 2.1 125 1 .1 200 2 .1 230 1 .1 250 7 .4 290 2 .1 300 2 .1 330 1 .1 350 1 .1 416 1 .1 500 3 .2 MISSING 999 16 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 2a. TRAMS AND BUSES: For public road transport in big cities, which would you rather have - trams, buses, or trolley buses? Category label Code Count Percent TRAMS P1Q2A1 559 28.3 BUSES P1Q2A2 785 39.8 TROLLEY P1Q2A3 477 24.2 NO PREFERENCE P1Q2A4 180 9.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 2b. How do you usually travel - by tram, train, bus, trolley-bus, car, bicycle motor bike, or other means? Category label Code Count Percent TRAM P1Q2B1 335 17.3 TRAIN P1Q2B2 347 18.0 BUS P1Q2B3 345 17.9 TROLLEY P1Q2B4 48 2.5 CAR P1Q2B5 947 49.0 BICYCLE P1Q2B6 71 3.7 MOTOR BIKE P1Q2B7 12 .6 OTHER P1Q2B8 57 3.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 3. The next question is about a suggested change in the pension age - now 65 for men and 60 for women. It's been suggested - unless they're invalids - pensions should NOT be paid to MEN before 70 or WOMEN before 65. After those ages, much bigger pensions would be paid. Would you favor, or oppose, that change? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 158 8.0 OPPOSE 11 1414 71.4 FAVOR 12 408 20.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 4a. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT: What's your general impression about the Menzies Government? Would you say they're handling things fairly well or not? Category label Code Count Percent FAIRLY WELL 1 960 48.5 NO 2 683 34.5 CAN T SAY 3 336 17.0 MISSING 4 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 4c. And what about the Labor Party in Federal Parliament? Do you think they're doing fairly well in Opposition, or not? Category label Code Count Percent YES, FAIRLY WELL 4 725 36.6 NO 5 694 35.1 CAN T SAY 6 559 28.2 MISSING 7 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 5a. And now a question on the books people read. About how many books do you read in a year - not magazines or digests? Category label Code Count Percent 1 53 2.7 2 87 4.4 3 69 3.5 4 67 3.4 5 23 1.2 6 165 8.3 7 7 .4 8 13 .7 9 3 .2 10 72 3.6 12 177 8.9 14 5 .3 15 15 .8 16 2 .1 17 1 .1 18 5 .3 20 78 3.9 22 1 .1 24 23 1.2 25 27 1.4 26 17 .9 27 1 .1 28 2 .1 30 46 2.3 35 2 .1 36 6 .3 40 24 1.2 45 2 .1 46 1 .1 48 3 .2 50 82 4.1 52 42 2.1 55 2 .1 56 1 .1 60 18 .9 65 2 .1 70 4 .2 72 1 .1 75 2 .1 80 4 .2 85 1 .1 99 2 .1 100 OR MORE 998 173 8.7 NONE 999 649 32.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 5b. UNLESS "NONE": Do you happen to be reading a book now? Category label Code Count Percent YES 7 662 33.4 NO 8 617 31.2 NOT ASKED 9 649 32.8 MISSING 10 52 2.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 6a. In the last seven days, about how many hours have you, yourself, actually listened to the radio? Category label Code Count Percent MISSING 0 13 .7 1 120 6.1 2 146 7.4 3 81 4.1 4 111 5.6 5 49 2.5 6 48 2.4 7 167 8.4 8 41 2.1 9 9 .5 10 84 4.2 11 5 .3 12 49 2.5 13 2 .1 14 178 9.0 15 24 1.2 16 14 .7 17 5 .3 18 22 1.1 20 101 5.1 21 101 5.1 22 2 .1 24 29 1.5 25 14 .7 26 2 .1 27 2 .1 28 81 4.1 29 1 .1 30 41 2.1 31 1 .1 33 2 .1 35 32 1.6 36 7 .4 38 1 .1 40 31 1.6 42 26 1.3 45 4 .2 46 1 .1 48 2 .1 49 3 .2 50 22 1.1 54 2 .1 56 5 .3 60 9 .5 63 2 .1 70 5 .3 72 1 .1 76 1 .1 80 3 .2 84 4 .2 99 4 .2 ALL DAY 998 149 7.5 NONE 999 121 6.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 6b. UNLESS NONE: Do you usually listen to National Stations, or to Commercial stations? Category label Code Count Percent EQUAL 0 334 16.9 VARIES 1 180 9.1 CAN T SAY 2 4 .2 BOTH NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL 3 58 2.9 COMMERCIAL 11 789 39.8 NATIONAL 12 481 24.3 NOT ASKED 13 134 6.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 7. TAXES: It's been suggested we should abolish INCOME tax and have only INDIRECT taxes, such as import duties, sales tax and other taxes on spending. Those taxes on spending would be HIGH on luxuries and LOW on everyday things. Which do you favor - taxing people only on their INCOMES, or only on their SPENDING, or partly on both? Category label Code Count Percent INCOMES 3 810 40.9 SPENDING 4 306 15.5 BOTH 5 637 32.2 NO OPINION 6 212 10.7 MISSING 7 15 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 8. OUR GOVERNMENT: If another depression came, which political party - Labor, Liberal-CP, or Communist - would you like as the Federal Government? Category label Code Count Percent LABOR 7 907 45.8 LIBERAL,CP 8 682 34.4 COMMUNIST 9 10 .5 MISSING 10 381 19.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 9a. OUR LEISURE TIME: which of these (HAND CARD) is your favourite way of spending SATURDAY evening? Category label Code Count Percent READING P1Q9A1 439 22.4 RADIO P1Q9A2 656 33.5 VISITING P1Q9A3 327 16.7 CARDS P1Q9A4 186 9.5 DANCES P1Q9A5 118 6.0 MOVIES P1Q9A6 454 23.2 OTHER P1Q9A7 218 11.1 WORKS P1Q9A8 81 4.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 9b. And on week-day evenings, which is your favourite way of spending your spare-time? Category label Code Count Percent READING P1Q9B1 623 32.3 RADIO P1Q9B2 890 46.2 VISITING P1Q9B3 130 6.7 CARDS P1Q9B4 112 5.8 DANCES P1Q9B5 32 1.7 MOVIES P1Q9B6 183 9.5 OTHER P1Q9B7 279 14.5 WORKS P1Q9B8 193 10.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 10. On the back of the card are some things which may worry people. Are any of them causing you some concern at present? IF "YES" which of them? Category label Code Count Percent OLD AGE P1Q101 180 9.1 INCOME P1Q102 312 15.8 WAR P1Q103 363 18.4 OUT OF WORK P1Q104 102 5.2 HOUSING P1Q105 139 7.1 MY HEALTH P1Q106 270 13.7 FAMILY'S HEALTH P1Q107 284 14.4 NONE OF THEM P1Q108 719 36.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0 11. PEACE OR WAR: In your opinion, has the hydrogen bomb made another world war MORE likely, or LESS likely? Category label Code Count Percent MORE LIKELY 7 299 15.1 LESS 8 1268 64.0 NO OPINION 9 374 18.9 MISSING 10 39 2.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1980 100.0
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