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POLITICAL PARTICIPATION N.E.C. #VoteNEC
tLibs "(p7q13c)Liberal Party Thermometer"
tLabor "(p7q13d)Labor Party Thermometer"
tNCPty "(p7q13e)National Party Thermometer"
tAusDems "(p7q13f)Democrats Party Thermometer"
RegVote "(p11q22a)Registered to vote here?"
VotInt "(p11q22b)Voting - intentions tomorrow"
VotHR87 "(p11q22c)1987 election H of R"
VtHR87No "(p11q22c)1987 H of R type of vote"
VoteSn87 "(p11q22c)1987 election Senate"
VtSn87No "(p11q22c)1987 Senate type of vote"
VotHR84 "(p11q22d)1984 election H of R"
VtHR84No "(p11q22d)1984 H of R type of vote"
VoteSn84 "(p11q22d)1984 election Senate"
VtSn84No "(p11q22d)1984 Senate type of vote"
VoteSt "(p11q22e)Last state election"
VoteStNo "(p11q22e)Last state election type of vote"
PartyId "(p12q23a)Party Id?"
PtyIdStr "(p12q23b)Party Id strength?"
StPtyId "(p12q23c)Party Id state?"
FaPtyId "(p18q38 )Father's party ID?"
MoPtyId "(p18q38 )Mother's party ID?"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOVERNMENT N.E.C.
The political interest items were designed by Clive Bean.
*IntPol "(p3q5a)How interested are you in Politics?"
*IntPolPa "(p3q5b)How much attention to papers?"
*IntPolTV "(p3q5c)How much attention to TV?"
TVHrs "(p4q6a)How many hours of TV?"
tFedGov "(p7q13a)Federal Government Thermometer"
tStateGv "(p7q13b)State Government Thermometer"
USE OF THREE OR MORE OF THE STARRED (*) ITEMS REQUIRES CITATION TO: Beean, Clive. 1989. "Political Activity by the Australian Public." NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE SURVEY REPORT 1(2): 9.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEADERS
This module was designed by Jonathan Kelley and Clive Bean. Response set is a danger with these questions, so be careful; items on other topics in the battery should be used to adjust statistically for that.
tHawke "(p6q11b)Hawke Thermometer"
tPeacock "(p6q11c)Peacock Thermometer"
tHayden "(p6q11d)Hayden Thermometer"
tFraser "(p6q11e)Fraser Thermometer"
tWhitlam "(p6q11f)Whitlam Thermometer"
tHoward "(p6q11g)Howard Thermometer"
tHaines "(p6q11h)Haines Thermometer"
tSinclr "(p6q11i)Sinclair Thermometer"
tKeating "(p6q11j)Keating Thermometer"
See: Clive Bean and Jonathan Kelley. 1988. "The Comings and Goings of Political Leaders." NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE SURVEY REPORT 1(2):6-7 and Clive Bean and Jonathan Kelley. 1989. "Keating would cost ALP Votes." NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE SURVEY REPORT 1(4): 2-3.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITICAL IDEOLOGY #PolIdeology
This module was designed by Jonathan Kelley.
GovByBig "(p4q6b)Is the govt. run by big interests?"
GovTrust "(p4q7a)Is the govt. really interested?"
**Royalist "(p4q7b)How important is royality?"
**Republic "(p4q8 )Should Australia be a republic?"
*SocEcon "(p5q9 )Should Australia have a Socialist Economy?"
LeftRt "(p5q10a)Are you left, or right in politics?"
MultiNat "(p5q10b)Stronger control on Multi-Nationals?"
RichPoor "(p5q10c)Too much difference between rich and poor?"
RedWlth "(p5q10d)income & Wealth should be re-distributed?"
ProtInd "(p5q10j)Oz Industries need stronger Protection?"
TarifCut "(p5q10k)Oz would benefit if tariffs reduced?"
RichPor2 "(p5q10m)10 yrs.aim indifference reduction?"
tMultNat "(p7q13h)Multinationals Thermometer"
tOzBigBz "(p7q13i)Big Business Thermometer"
tMilitry "(p7q13j)Australian Defence Forces Thermometer"
*sysGovOz "(p8q14a)Approve of Oz style of Government?"
*sysGovUK "(p8q14b)British Style of Government?"
*sysGovUS "(p8q14c)US style of Government?"
*sysGovRu "(p8q14d)Russian style of Government?"
*sysGovCh "(p8q14e)Chinese style of Government?"
RichPor3 "(p8q15a)Gov's Resp.to reduce income differences?"
gHealth "(p8q15b)Gov's Resp.to provide free health?"
gPayUnem "(p8q15c)Gov's Resp.to provide unempl.benefits?"
PensnGv2 "(p8q15d)Gov's Resp.to provide pensions?"
PensnSlf "(p8q16a)Ind.Resp.to provide Superannuation?"
PensnAll "(p8q16b)Pensions are a right to those over 65?"
PensnPor "(p8q16c)Pensions should be means tested?"
WageCtl "(p9q19a)Govt.Control of Wages?"
PriceCtl "(p9q19b)Govt.Control of Prices?"
gsCuts "(p9q19c)Govt.cuts in spending?"
BzLaws "(p9q19d)Less Govt.regulation?"
UniWkCls "(p9q19e)Govt.study grants?"
UniQuota "(p9q19f)More wk.class students?"
UniRevnu "(p9q19g)Lottery to fund study?"
USE OF THREE OR MORE OF THE ITEMS STARRED (*) REQUIRES CITATION TO: "Political Ideology in Australia", Jonathan Kelley. Ch. 5 in Australian Attitudes: Social and Political Analyses from the National Social Science Survey (Jonathan Kelley and Clive Bean, editors) Sydney: Allen and Unwin (1988): 58-77.
** See Clive Bean. 1991. "Should Australia Become a Republic?" NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE SURVEY REPORT 2(6): 20,10.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENT
These question were developed by Jonathan Kelley and Clive Bean.
NPowBetr "(p5q10e)Nuclear Power is better for electricity?"
NPowDang "(p5q10f)Nuclear Power is too dangerous?"
gsAbCon2 "(p5q10g)Improve conditions for Aborigines?"
UranMine "(p5q10h)Oz should mine its uranium?"
UranStay "(p5q10i)Oz Uranium should stay in the ground?"
Pollut "(p5q10l)Stonger measures needed for environment?"
NukePax "(p5q10n)Nuc.weapons are for world peace?"
NukeWar "(p5q11a)Nuc.weapons will destroy the world?"
tGreens "(p6q11n)Greenies Thermometer"
tNucs "(p6q11o)Nucs Thermometer"
tPeace "(p6q11p)Peace Thermometer"
USE OF THREE OR MORE OF THESE ITEMS REQUIRES CITATION TO: The Electoral Impact of New Politics Issues". Clive Bean and Jonathan Kelley. Comparative Politics 27 (1995): 339-356.
See also: Clive Bean and Jonathan Kelley. 1990. "Politics and the Environment" NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE SURVEY REPORT 2(1): 6-7.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAXES AND BENEFITS
This module was developed by Jonathan Kelley.
gsHealth "(p1q1 )Want more spending on health?"
gsUnemp "(p1q2 )More on Unemployment benefits?"
gsEnvirn "(p2q3a)More or less on the Environment?"
gsPolice "(p2q3b)The Police?"
gsMilit "(p2q3c)The Military and Defence?"
gsArts "(p2q3d)Culture and the arts?"
gsAborig "(p2q3e)Imp.cond. for Aboriginals?"
gsFrnAid "(p2q3f)Foreign Aid?"
gsOld "(p2q3g)Old Age Pensions?"
gsWelfar "(p2q3h)Welfare?"
gsSoloPt "(p2q3i)Single Parents Benefits?"
gsSchool "(p2q3j)More on Schools?"
gsCAEs "(p2q3k)More on CAE's?"
gsUnis "(p2q3l)More on Universities?"
gsAppRes "(p2q3m)Applied Research?"
gsPurRes "(p2q3n)Pure Research?"
gsPovRes "(p2q3o)Research on Poverty & Unempl.?"
gsMedRes "(p2q3p)Medical Research?"
TaxCuts1 "(p13q25a)In favour of tax cuts?"
TaxCuts2 "(p13q25b)In favour of lower taxes?"
TaxInhr1 "(p13q25c)In favour of no Death duties?"
Taxinhr2 "(p13q25d)In favour of Inheritance Tax?"
TaxSpend "(p13q26 )Govt should reduce taxes or spend more?"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTITUDES AND VALUES CONCERNING TRADE UNIONS
This module was developed by Jonathan Kelley. The attitude items form a strong scale, with a large impact on political preferences.
tTUnions "(p7q13g)Unions Thermometer"
TUGood "(p10q20a)Trade Unions - Good?"
Strikes "(p10q20b)In favour of strikes?"
TUPower "(p10q20c)Unions - too much power?"
TULaws "(p10q20d)Unions - stricter controls?"
TUMember "(p10q21a)Unions - membership?"
TUYears "(p10q21b)Unions - no.of years?"
TUnion "(p10q21c)Unions - Union?"
IF YOU USE THE SCALE, PLEASE CITE: "Political Ideology in Australia", Jonathan Kelley. Ch. 5 in Australian Attitudes: Social and Political Analyses from the National Social Science Survey (Jonathan Kelley and Clive Bean, editors) Sydney: Allen and Unwin (1988): 58-77.