D0189: Australian Gallup Poll, November 10, 1961
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 1,465 interviews conducted in November 1961. 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 / 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 baking bread on Saturdays. Are you for or against bread being baked on Saturdays? Category label Code Count Percent NO OPINION 10 159 10.9 AGAINST 11 578 39.5 FOR 12 728 49.7 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 1b. If FOR: should it be sold only at shops - or also home delivered on Saturdays? Category label Code Count Percent ONLY SHOPS 1 418 28.5 DELIVERED 2 272 18.6 NO OPINION 3 33 2.3 NOT ASKED 4 737 50.3 MISSING 5 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 2a. The next question is about safety belts in cars. In your opinion, should safety belts be compulsory, or not, on new cars? Category label Code Count Percent COMPULSORY 4 909 62.0 NOT COMPULSORY 5 432 29.5 NO OPINION 6 124 8.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 2b. IF COMPULSORY: For every seat - or for only front seats? Category label Code Count Percent EVERY 7 502 34.3 FRONT 8 365 24.9 UNDECIDED 9 42 2.9 NOT ASKED 10 556 38.0 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 3a. And now a question about breathalysers. If a policeman - trained in using the machine - makes a breath analysis of a car driver suspected of being drunk - do you think the result of the test should - or should not - be allowed as evidence in Court? Category label Code Count Percent UNDECIDED 10 210 14.3 SHOULDNT 11 534 36.5 SHOULD 12 721 49.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 3b. In your opinion, should 'breathalyser' tests for motorists suspected of being drunk be voluntary - or compulsory? Category label Code Count Percent VOLUNTARY 1 590 40.3 COMPULSORY 2 708 48.3 UNDECIDED 3 159 10.9 MISSING 4 8 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 4a. Did you read, or hear, of the Government refusing to say why it wouldn't let Mr Brenner come to Australia, to be a lecturer at the Adelaide University? Category label Code Count Percent YES 4 887 60.5 NO 5 571 39.0 MISSING 6 7 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 4b. Ask everyone: When the Government won't let people come to Australia, do you think it should - or should not - tell the public why? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 7 1087 74.2 SHOULDNT 8 279 19.0 NO OPINION 9 94 6.4 MISSING 10 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 5. This one's about the term of Parliament. At present, all Australian Parliaments are elected for 3 years - compared with 2 years in America and 5 years in England. For how many years do you think our Parliaments should be elected? Category label Code Count Percent 1 YEAR 1 38 2.6 2 199 13.6 3 1017 69.4 4 11 .8 5 YEARS 5 104 7.1 UNDECIDED 6 88 6.0 MISSING 7 8 .5 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 6a. The next question's to see how accurately we can forecast next month's Federal election. Judging by how you feel now, which Party do you think you'll probably vote for? If Labor: Will it be ALP or (DLP) (QLP) Category label Code Count Percent LIBERAL CP 4 615 42.0 ALP 5 596 40.7 DLP 6 65 4.4 COMMUNIST 7 1 .1 INDEPENDENT 8 6 .4 UNDECIDED 9 182 12.4 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 6b. Do you usually vote for that party? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 133 9.1 YES 12 1101 75.2 MISSING 13 231 15.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 6c. Is there any chance you'll change your mind and vote for any other party? Category label Code Count Percent YES 0 137 9.4 NO 1 1126 76.9 MISSING 2 202 13.8 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 6d. IF YES: Which party might you then vote for? Category label Code Count Percent LIBERAL CP 4 34 2.3 ALP 5 41 2.8 DLP 6 5 .3 COMMUNIST 7 1 .1 INDEPENDENT 8 9 .6 UNDECIDED 9 45 3.1 NOT ASKED 10 1328 90.6 MISSING 11 2 .1 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 7. On the question of votes for aboriginals - do you think all Australian aboriginals should - or should not - be given the right to vote at Federal elections? Category label Code Count Percent SHOULD 1 906 61.8 SHOULD NOT 2 477 32.6 NO OPINION 3 82 5.6 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 8a. This question is about increasing child endowment. It's been suggested that child endowment for the first child should be increased from 5/- to 10/- a week, and for each other child from 10/- to 17/6. Would you favor or oppose these increases? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 4 1071 73.1 OPPOSE 5 308 21.0 UNDECIDED 6 86 5.9 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 8b. How many children under 16 are there here? Category label Code Count Percent 1 CHILD 1 261 17.8 2 269 18.4 3 166 11.3 4 66 4.5 5 15 1.0 6 7 .5 7 1 .1 8 CHILDREN 8 2 .1 10 CHILDREN 10 1 .1 NONE 12 677 46.2 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 9a. Now a different kind of question - about religion as a school subject. In one State, religion is taught in Government schools, by specially trained teachers. Would you favor - or oppose - teaching religion in Government schools here? Category label Code Count Percent FAVOR 7 1100 75.1 OPPOSE 8 305 20.8 UNDECIDED 9 60 4.1 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 9b. To help classify answers to this question, would you mind telling me your religion? Category label Code Count Percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 1 304 20.8 CHURCH ENGLAND 2 658 44.9 PRESBYTERIAN 3 185 12.6 METHODIST 4 187 12.8 BAPTIST 5 24 1.6 PROTESTANT 6 3 .2 OTHER CHRISTIAN 7 66 4.5 NON-CHRISTIAN 8 10 .7 NO RELIGION 9 16 1.1 MISSING 10 12 .8 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 10a. And a question about Western New Guinea, which is now governed by the Dutch, but claimed by Indonesia. Have you read or heard of the Dutch plan to hand over Western New Guinea to the United Nations? Category label Code Count Percent NO 11 617 42.1 YES 12 842 57.5 MISSING 13 6 .4 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 10b. ASK EVERYONE: If the Dutch leave, who do you think should govern Western New Guinea - the United Nations, or Indonesia Category label Code Count Percent UN 1 938 64.0 INDONESIA 2 123 8.4 NO OPINION 3 401 27.4 MISSING 4 3 .2 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 11a. The last question is about admitting Communist China into the United Nations. Are you for - or against - admitting the Communist Government of China into the United Nations? Category label Code Count Percent FOR 4 635 43.3 AGAINST 5 588 40.1 NO OPINION 6 242 16.5 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0 11b. IF FOR: If Communist China refuses to join the United Nations, while the Chinese Government of Formosa remains a member - would you then end Formosa's membership - or let Communist China stay out of UN? Category label Code Count Percent END FORMOSA 7 125 8.5 LEAVE OUT 8 396 27.0 NO OPINION 9 109 7.4 NOT ASKED 10 830 56.7 MISSING 11 5 .3 ------- ----- Total responses 1465 100.0
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