D0184: Australian Gallup Poll, May 27, 1960
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 1,591 interviews conducted in May 1960. BACKGROUND VARIABLES age / sex / economic classification / occupation / religion / 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 1a. The first question is about school classes. Do you think boys and girls UNDER 14 should be taught TOGETHER - or in SEPARATE classes? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 10 71 4.5 SEPARATE 11 372 23.4 TOGETHER 12 1146 72.0 MISSING 13 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 1b. IF 'SEPARATE': In the SAME schools - in DIFFERENT schools? Category label Code Count Percent SAME 1 227 14.3 DIFFERENT 2 108 6.8 UNDECIDED 3 16 1.0 NOT ASKED 4 1219 76.6 MISSING 5 21 1.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 2a. And boys and girls OVER 14. Should they be taught together - or in separate classes? Category label Code Count Percent TOGETHER 4 651 40.9 SEPARATE 5 862 54.2 UNDECIDED 6 61 3.8 MISSING 7 17 1.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 2b. IF 'SEPARATE': In the same schools - at different schools? Category label Code Count Percent SAME 7 369 23.2 DIFFERENT 8 412 25.9 UNDECIDED 9 48 3.0 NOT ASKED 10 729 45.8 MISSING 11 33 2.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 3a. Now a question about the number of hours in the working week. In your opinion, should the number of hours in the working week REMAIN as they are - or should they be SHORTENED? Category label Code Count Percent REMAIN 7 1328 83.5 SHORTEN 8 223 14.0 MISSING 9 40 2.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 3b. IF 'SHORTENED': What should the working week be, for those now working 40 hours? Category label Code Count Percent LESS THAN 35 HOURS 1 23 1.4 35 HOURS 2 111 7.0 36 HOURS 3 48 3.0 37 HOURS 4 5 .3 38 HOURS 5 14 .9 NO IDEA 6 21 1.3 NOT ASKED 7 1368 86.0 MISSING 8 1 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 3c. ASK EVERYONE: How many hours (do you) (does your husband) work each week, not counting overtime? Category label Code Count Percent LESS THAN 35 HOURS 1 31 1.9 35 HOURS 2 20 1.3 36-37 HOURS 3 42 2.6 38-39 HOURS 4 50 3.1 40 HOURS 5 795 50.0 42-44 HOURS 6 40 2.5 45 HOURS 7 28 1.8 48 HOURS 8 27 1.7 50 HOURS 9 75 4.7 MORE THAN 50 HOURS 10 175 11.0 CANT SAY 11 155 9.7 DONT WORK 12 149 9.4 MISSING 13 4 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 4a. Next about industrial disputes, arbitration and strikes. In your opinion, which is the MORE valuable for members of trade unions - arbitration through the Court - the right to strike? (Alter 5 forms to read - 'the right to strike, or arbitration through the Court?') Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 10 169 10.6 STRIKE 11 228 14.3 ARBITRATION 12 1186 74.5 MISSING 13 8 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 4b. (Are you) (Is your husband) a member of a trade union? Category label Code Count Percent MEMBER 1 674 42.4 NOT MEMBER 2 825 51.9 MISSING 3 92 5.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 5a. And now a question on whether married women should take jobs in factories and offices, if they want to. If a married woman has YOUNG children, are you for, or against, her taking a job? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 4 279 17.5 AGAINST 5 1241 78.0 UNDECIDED 6 66 4.1 MISSING 7 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 5b. IF 'AGAINST': What if a married woman has NO young children. Should she take a job, or not, if she wants to? Category label Code Count Percent YES 7 902 56.7 NO 8 245 15.4 UNDECIDED 9 62 3.9 NOT ASKED 10 350 22.0 MISSING 11 32 2.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 6. This question is on election prospects. If a Federal election were being held today, which Party do you think you would probably vote for? If 'LABOR': Would it be ALP, OR DLP? Category label Code Count Percent LIBERAL CP 4 633 39.8 ALP 5 641 40.3 DLP 6 56 3.5 COMMUNIST 7 2 .1 INDEPENDENT 8 16 1.0 UNDECIDED 9 207 13.0 MISSING 10 36 2.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 7a. It's been suggested everybody should pay a special weekly tax, to provide old-age pensions for everyone, without a means test. Would YOU favor or oppose, that special tax for old-age pensions, without a means test? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 9 106 6.7 RETIRED 10 30 1.9 OPPOSE 11 452 28.4 FAVOR 12 1001 62.9 MISSING 13 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 7b. IF 'FAVOR': How much do you think the extra tax should be each week? Category label Code Count Percent LESS THAN 2 SHILLINGS 1 177 11.1 2 SHILLINGS 2 181 11.4 2 AND 6 3 41 2.6 3 SHILLINGS 4 25 1.6 4 SHILLINGS 5 30 1.9 5 SHILLINGS 6 97 6.1 7 AND 6 7 8 .5 10 TO 15 SHILLINGS 8 18 1.1 16 SHILLINGS TO 1 POUND 9 9 .6 30 SHILLINGS+ 10 5 .3 NOT ASKED 11 591 37.1 NO IDEA 12 409 25.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 8a. Next, about capital punishment. In your opinion, should a person convicted of a brutal murder be hanged, or not? Category label Code Count Percent HANG 4 962 60.5 DONT 5 468 29.4 UNDECIDED 6 156 9.8 MISSING 7 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 8b. To help classify answers to this question, would you mind telling me your religion? Category label Code Count Percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 1 345 21.7 CHURCH ENGLAND 2 655 41.2 PRESBYTERIAN 3 195 12.3 METHODIST 4 209 13.1 BAPTIST 5 27 1.7 PROTESTANT 6 6 .4 OTHER CHRISTIAN 7 90 5.7 NON-CHRISTIAN 8 9 .6 NO RELIGION 9 23 1.4 MISSING 10 32 2.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 9a. This is a different kind of question, about car inspection. In some States, before motor cars can be registered for another year, they must be checked for mechanical defects, at the owner's expense. Do you favor, or oppose, that? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 4 1273 80.0 OPPOSE 5 250 15.7 NO OPINION 6 65 4.1 MISSING 7 3 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 9b. Do you happen to have a private motor car in your family? Category label Code Count Percent YES 7 1105 69.5 NO 8 471 29.6 MISSING 9 15 .9 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 9c. IF "YES": About how old is it? Category label Code Count Percent 1 YEAR 1 168 10.6 2 124 7.8 3 112 7.0 4 100 6.3 5 104 6.5 6 87 5.5 7 63 4.0 8 68 4.3 9 YEARS 9 61 3.8 10 YEARS 10 91 5.7 11-20 YEARS 11 58 3.6 OVER 20 YEARS 12 60 3.8 NOT ASKED 13 486 30.5 MISSING 14 9 .6 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 10a. And now a topical question, about South Africa's racial problem. In South Africa, the Government makes natives live either in their own tribal villages, or in separate settlements on the edge of cities and towns. Do you approve, or disapprove, the way that's been enforced recently? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 10 372 23.4 DISAPPROVE 11 1058 66.5 APPROVE 12 145 9.1 MISSING 13 16 1.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 10b. Quite apart from the question of enforcement - do you approve making natives live in SEPARATE areas - or should they be allowed to live among white people? Category label Code Count Percent SEPARATE 1 342 21.5 AMONG WHITE 2 942 59.2 UNDECIDED 3 271 17.0 MISSING 4 36 2.3 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 11. And next a question about the Summit Conference. Which country do you blame for the collapse of the Summit Conference? Category label Code Count Percent RUSSIA 7 852 53.6 AMERICA 8 256 16.1 CANT SAY 9 417 26.2 MISSING 10 66 4.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0 12a. And lastly a question about Germany. Which would you say would be better for the WORLD - a Germany divided into East Germany and West Germany as at present - or East and West Germany reunited as one country? Category label Code Count Percent DIVIDED 4 271 17.0 REUNITED 5 979 61.5 UNDECIDED 6 337 21.2 MISSING 7 4 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1591 100.0
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