D0173: Australian Gallup Poll, September 20, 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 1,969 interviews conducted in September 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 / respondent status / 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 pensions. If the Government decided to pay pensions to ALL men over 65 and ALL Women over 60, without a means test - do you think the money should come ENTIRELY from Government revenue - or should EVERYONE with an income contribute something each week? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 0 132 6.7 EVERYONE 11 814 41.3 GOVT ONLY 12 1023 52.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 2a. The next question is about off-the-course betting. In your opinion, should off-the-course SP bookmakers be stamped out, or made legal? Category label Code Count Percent STAMP OUT 1 438 22.2 LEGAL 2 1257 63.8 UNDECIDED 3 274 13.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 2b. Do you think people should, or should not, be allowed to bet by telegraph to TOTALISATORS at racecourses? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 4 751 38.1 NOT 5 805 40.9 NO OPINION 6 413 21.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 2c. And should people be allowed to bey by telephone or telegraph with BOOKMAKERS at racecourses? Category label Code Count Percent YES ALLOW 7 802 40.7 NO 8 802 40.7 NO OPINION 9 365 18.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 2d. How long is it since you've had a bet on the races? Category label Code Count Percent 0 90 4.6 1 231 11.7 2 75 3.8 3 49 2.5 4 92 4.7 5 29 1.5 6 75 3.8 7 55 2.8 8 179 9.1 9 147 7.5 11 211 10.7 NEVER 12 736 37.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 3. BASIC WAGE: In your opinion, should the basic wage change automatically, as the cost of living alters - or should ALL changes in the basic wage be decided by the Court? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 123 6.2 ALL COURT 11 704 35.8 AUTOMATIC 12 1142 58.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 4a. HOUSING: Are there any extra people living here (in your home) because of the housing shortage, who would move away if they could get a place for themselves? Category label Code Count Percent YES 1 166 8.4 NO 2 1799 91.4 MISSING 3 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 4b. IF "YES": If they get a place, how many adults and children, altogether would move away? Category label Code Count Percent 0 2 .1 1 26 1.3 2 52 2.6 3 44 2.2 4 26 1.3 5 8 .4 6 4 .2 8 2 .1 NOT APPLICABLE 11 1805 91.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 5a. BROADCASTING PARLIAMENT: Do you think broadcasting from Parliament should be continued, reduced or stopped? Category label Code Count Percent CONTINUE 3 1123 57.0 REDUCE 4 211 10.7 STOP 5 351 17.8 NO OPINION 6 284 14.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 5b. In the last week, did you yourself, listen to Parliament? Category label Code Count Percent YES 7 473 24.0 NO 8 1494 75.9 MISSING 9 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 5c. IF 'YES': About how many hours or minutes, did you listen? Category label Code Count Percent 0 15 .8 1 293 14.9 2 79 4.0 3 36 1.8 4 14 .7 5 17 .9 7 1 .1 8 2 .1 9 1 .1 NOT APPLICABLE 11 1495 75.9 NO OPINION 12 16 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 6a. POLITICS: Which group in the Labor Party do you think is right - whether you vote Labor or not - the Evatt group, or the new group called the Democratic Labor Party? Category label Code Count Percent DONT KNOW 0 681 34.6 DEMOCRATIC 11 616 31.3 EVATT 12 672 34.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 6b. If a Federal election were being held today, which Party do you think you would probably vote for - Liberal, Country, Australian Labor or Democratic Labor - or something else? Category label Code Count Percent LCP 4 857 43.5 ALP 5 685 34.8 DEM LABOR 6 187 9.5 COMMUNIST 7 5 .3 INDEPENDENT 8 23 1.2 UNDECIDED 9 212 10.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 7a. Did you read or hear of the recent court case on Uniform Tax - about the Federal Government collecting ALL income tax, and paying lump sums annually to each State? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 682 34.6 YES KNOWS 12 1283 65.2 MISSING 13 4 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 7b. ASK EVERYONE: Do you think the Federal Government should continue to collect ALL income tax - or should each State collect its own income tax, direct? Category label Code Count Percent FEDERAL ONLY 0 916 46.5 STATES COLLECT 1 804 40.8 NO OPINION 2 249 12.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 8a. Recently some migrants refused to be naturalised, because they might lose their Australian citizenship if they were sent to gaol, or convicted of disloyalty, after being naturalised. Did you happen to read or hear about that? Category label Code Count Percent YES 3 1015 51.5 NO 4 952 48.3 MISSING 5 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 8b. ASK EVERYONE: If a person's convicted of disloyalty, within 5 years of being naturalised, do you think he should lose his Australian citizenship, or not? Category label Code Count Percent YES LOSE IT 5 1163 59.1 NO 6 632 32.1 NO OPINION 7 171 8.7 MISSING 8 3 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 8c. And for a 12 months' gaol sentence, should he lose his citizenship, or not? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 0 250 12.7 YES 8 524 26.6 NO 9 1195 60.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 9a. Have you formed an opinion about the recent criticism of the Royal household? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 568 28.8 YES 12 1401 71.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 9b. IF 'YES': Speaking generally, do you think that criticism was justified or not? Category label Code Count Percent YES JUSTIFIED 0 440 22.3 NO 1 947 48.1 UNDECIDED 2 14 .7 NOT ASKED 3 568 28.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 10a. And now a question about the Chinese Communist Government in Peking. Do you think Australia should, or should not recognise it as the Government of China? Category label Code Count Percent YES SHOULD 2 873 44.3 NO 3 622 31.6 NO OPINION 4 473 24.0 MISSING 5 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 10b. Do you think members of the Communist Government of China should, or should not, be invited to visit Australia? Category label Code Count Percent YES SHOULD 5 905 46.0 NO 6 757 38.4 NO OPINION 7 302 15.3 MISSING 8 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0 11a. And lastly, a question about the new trade agreement between Australia and Japan. In your opinion, will that trade agreement with Japan be good, or bad, for Australia? Category label Code Count Percent GOOD 8 918 46.6 BAD 9 644 32.7 MISSING 10 407 20.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1969 100.0
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