D0171: Australian Gallup Poll, February 9, 1957
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 2,097 interviews conducted in February 1957. 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 our national anthem. For Australia's national anthem, do you favor God Save the Queen or something purely Australia? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 101 4.8 AUSTRALIA 11 811 38.7 GOD SAVE 12 1185 56.5 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 2a. The next question is about night shopping. Do you think a plan should be worked out, for shops to open one evening a week, or are you totally against night shopping? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 120 5.7 AGAINST 11 693 33.0 OPEN 12 1284 61.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 2b. If shops WERE to open one evening a week which of these (HAND CARD) would you favor to keep to 40 hours Category label Code Count Percent LATER P1Q2B1 316 16.6 EARLIER P1Q2B2 236 12.4 BOTH P1Q2B3 70 3.7 SHIFTS P1Q2B4 315 16.5 SATURDAY P1Q2B5 486 25.5 MONDAY P1Q2B6 171 9.0 OTHER P1Q2B7 78 4.1 NO OPINION P1Q2B8 242 12.7 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 2c. Do you, or anyone else in your (immediate) family work in a shop, either as employer or employee? Category label Code Count Percent BOTH 0 21 1.0 NEITHER 1 1724 82.2 EMPLOYEE 11 273 13.0 EMPLOYER 12 79 3.8 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 3a. TAXES: If taxes can be reduced this year which ONE of the taxes on the back of the card would you like reduced first? Category label Code Count Percent INCOME 2 921 43.9 SALES 3 625 29.8 IMPORT 4 172 8.2 PETROL 5 149 7.1 ENTERTAIN 6 58 2.8 BEER 7 62 3.0 TOBACCO 8 39 1.9 NO IDEA 9 40 1.9 MISSING 10 31 1.5 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 3b. Which should be reduced second? Category label Code Count Percent INCOME 2 426 20.3 SALE 3 606 28.9 IMPORT 4 301 14.4 PETROL 5 284 13.5 ENTERTAIN 6 197 9.4 BEER 7 84 4.0 TOBACCO 8 93 4.4 NO IDEA 9 60 2.9 MISSING 10 46 2.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 4a. And now a question about car drivers' signals. If a car has signal lights, to indicate stopping or turning - do you think the driver should ALSO use hand signals or not? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 101 4.8 NO 11 384 18.3 HAND SIGNALS 12 1612 76.9 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 4b. If the police believe a car driver is under the influence of drink, should blood tests be made, or not? If 'YES': should they be compulsory or voluntary? Category label Code Count Percent COMPULSORY 1 1438 68.6 VOLUNTARY 2 347 16.5 NONE AT ALL 3 160 7.6 NO OPINION 4 141 6.7 MISSING 5 11 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 4c. Are you a car driver? Category label Code Count Percent YES 5 1223 58.3 NO 6 831 39.6 MISSING 7 43 2.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 5a. LIVING COSTS: In your opinion, what's the SMALLEST amount a family of four - parents and 2 children - needs each week, to keep in health and live decently - that is, the smallest amount for all expenses, including rent? Category label Code Count Percent 10 OR LESS 0 138 6.6 11 1 17 .8 12 2 159 7.6 13 3 72 3.4 14 4 153 7.3 15 5 449 21.4 16 6 213 10.2 17 7 79 3.8 18 8 177 8.4 19 OR MORE 9 282 13.4 NO IDEA 12 358 17.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 5b. How much is food costing your family each week? Category label Code Count Percent 1 1 .0 2 16 .8 3 33 1.6 4 61 2.9 5 119 5.7 6 134 6.4 7 169 8.1 8 250 11.9 9 145 6.9 10 293 14.0 11 35 1.7 12 109 5.2 13 11 .5 14 21 1.0 15 36 1.7 16 10 .5 17 2 .1 18 7 .3 20 9 .4 23 1 .0 25 1 .0 28 1 .0 30 2 .1 CANT SAY 98 599 28.6 MISSING 99 32 1.5 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 5c. How many are there in your family 16 and over? Category label Code Count Percent 1 156 7.4 2 1310 62.5 3 376 17.9 4 164 7.8 5 61 2.9 6 16 .8 7 9 .4 8 3 .1 MISSING 9 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 5d. How many under 16? Category label Code Count Percent 1 364 17.4 2 382 18.2 3 217 10.3 4 73 3.5 5 26 1.2 6 6 .3 7 1 .0 8 3 .1 9 2 .1 MISSING 10 1023 48.8 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 5e. How many in total? Category label Code Count Percent 1 132 6.3 2 558 26.6 3 408 19.5 4 491 23.4 5 294 14.0 6 126 6.0 7 52 2.5 8 20 1.0 9 7 .3 MISSING 10 9 .4 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 6a. And now some questions about child endowment. Do you favor child endowment, or would you abolish it? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 64 3.1 ABOLISH 11 158 7.5 FAVOR 12 1875 89.4 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 6b. UNLESS 'ABOLISH': Until what age do you think it should be paid? Category label Code Count Percent 5 2 .1 10 1 .0 12 3 .1 13 1 .0 14 126 6.0 15 105 5.0 16 1454 69.3 17 39 1.9 18 61 2.9 19 1 .0 20 1 .0 21 5 .2 NO IDEA 97 56 2.7 NOT ASKED 98 158 7.5 MISSING 99 84 4.0 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 6c. What do you think the weekly payment should be for the oldest child under (Answer to b)? Category label Code Count Percent 5 361 17.2 6 2 .1 7 21 1.0 8 39 1.9 10 993 47.4 11 1 .0 12 11 .5 13 7 .3 14 1 .0 15 112 5.3 16 1 .0 18 2 .1 20 140 6.7 21 2 .1 22 1 .0 23 1 .0 25 4 .2 30 7 .3 40 10 .5 50 2 .1 60 1 .0 NO IDEA 97 200 9.5 NOT ASKED 98 158 7.5 MISSING 99 20 1.0 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 6d. And how much for each younger child? Category label Code Count Percent 3 1 .0 5 122 5.8 6 3 .1 7 17 .8 8 44 2.1 9 2 .1 10 1268 60.5 11 1 .0 12 8 .4 13 13 .6 15 134 6.4 17 2 .1 18 1 .0 20 87 4.1 25 3 .1 30 6 .3 40 8 .4 60 1 .0 NO IDEA 97 188 9.0 NOT ASKED 98 158 7.5 MISSING 99 30 1.4 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 7a. The next question is about hospital finance, which is now costing the Federal Government 100 million pounds a year, for hospitals all over Australia. To meet rising costs do you think the Federal Government should pay more or not? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 233 11.1 NO 11 445 21.2 YES MORE 12 1419 67.7 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 7b. IF 'MORE': Just as a rough guess, how much do you think the 100 million pounds should be increased to? Category label Code Count Percent 1 3 .1 2 6 .3 3 1 .0 4 3 .1 5 25 1.2 6 6 .3 8 1 .0 110 MILLION 10 61 2.9 12 1 .0 15 12 .6 20 82 3.9 21 1 .0 25 125 6.0 30 31 1.5 33 6 .3 40 10 .5 150 MILLION 50 273 13.0 55 1 .0 60 5 .2 66 1 .0 75 4 .2 80 2 .1 200 MILLION 97 221 10.5 NO IDEA 98 521 24.8 NOT ASKED 99 678 32.3 MISSING 100 17 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 8a. The next question is about the 40 freighters the Government owns, and runs on the Australian coast. In your opinion, should the Government run those ships, or should they be sold to the shipping companies? Category label Code Count Percent RUN THEM 1 967 46.1 SELL 2 782 37.3 NO OPINION 3 339 16.2 MISSING 4 9 .4 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 8b. Do you think our Government should run some of these freighters between here and England, or not? Category label Code Count Percent YES 4 875 41.7 NO 5 742 35.4 NO OPINION 6 414 19.7 MISSING 7 66 3.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 9. And now a question on what should be done about aboriginals living in Central Australia. In your opinion, should we ... help them live their tribal lives, or educate them to live like white men? (In 5 forms cross out from 'help' to 'men' and read ... educate them to live like white men, or help them live their tribal lives?) Category label Code Count Percent TRIBAL 7 973 46.4 LIKE WHITE 8 965 46.0 N0 OPINION 9 120 5.7 MISSING 10 39 1.9 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 10a. Have you read or heard about the Australian weather stations on islands in the Antarctic, south of Australia? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 396 18.9 YES 12 1681 80.2 MISSING 13 20 1.0 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 10b. Do you think we should, or should not, maintain these weather stations? Category label Code Count Percent YES 0 1846 88.0 NO 1 251 12.0 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 10c. And what about research stations on the Antarctic continent. Are you for, or against, our maintaining them? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 2 1586 75.6 AGAINST 3 184 8.8 NO OPINION 4 283 13.5 MISSING 5 44 2.1 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 10d. In your opinion, does weather in the Antarctic have much effect on weather in this part of Australia? Category label Code Count Percent YES 5 1236 58.9 NO 6 522 24.9 MISSING 7 339 16.2 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0 11a. SUEZ: Do you think the United Nations is handling the Suez problem properly, or not? Category label Code Count Percent PROPERLY 7 697 33.2 NO 8 863 41.2 NO OPINION 9 534 25.5 MISSING 10 3 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 2097 100.0
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