National Social Science Survey Integrated Data, 1984-1988

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Kelley, Jonathan; Bean, Clive; Evans, Mariah D. R., 2019, "National Social Science Survey Integrated Data, 1984-1988", https://doi.org/10.26193/J3CN67, ADA Dataverse, V2

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Description	The National Social Science Survey is a multi-purpose survey measuring a wide range of variables of interest in sociology, political science and labour economics. The survey consists of three waves: 1984-1985, 1986-1987, and 1987-1988. The sample was redrawn for each wave of the survey and therefore the results do not form a panel series. Successive waves of the survey had different research foci, such as an emphasis on the role of government in 1986-87, and attitudes to income inequality in 1987-88. ADA No. 594 is an integrated data set, comprising variables which were common to the three waves. These variables included respondents' social background characteristics in addition to a number of common attitude items. Questions relate to the respondent's personal feelings about life such as loneliness, happiness, satisfaction, identity and personal worth; religious beliefs and priorities; moral reactions to sex, abortion and pornography; and facets of human nature. The questionnaire also covered attitudes towards uranium mining, inequality, the Public Service, aborigines, trade unions, the death penalty, women and careers; feelings toward major Australian political figures, certain social and national groups, and certain countries; confidence in the government; government ownership of public authorities; and government spending on the environment, health, police, the aged, unemployed and military. Aspects of job satisfaction are canvassed. Political data includes interest in politics, left - right assessment, party identification and past vote and current vote intention. Economic data include details from respondents about themselves and their spouses, of money received in the form of pensions, welfare entitlements, inheritance, dividends and business income, which have all been adjusted for inflation; hours and weeks worked; occupations (coded into the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations). Background variables include marital status, educational history, state of birth, country of origin, home ownership, church attendance, religion, self identified class, and trade union membership. Additonal spouse details include occupation, party identification, current employment status, years at school, and trade union membership. Background variables regarding the respondent's parents include occupation, work history and job responsibilities, party identification and educational qualifications.
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	Attitudes, Community involvement, Defence, Economic policy, Elections, Ethnic groups, Family, Health, Human relations, Income, Leadership, Migrants, Occupations, Politicians, Politics, Religion, Social classes, Social problems, Values, Women and employment
Related Publication	Kelly, J., R. Cushing and B. Headey (1987), Australian National Social Science Survey 1984. Canberra: Data Archives, The Australian National University
Notes	Copyright: Copyright © 2005, The Australian National University. All rights reserved.
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Persistent Identifier	doi:10.26193/J3CN67
Publication Date	2019-02-01
Title	National Social Science Survey Integrated Data, 1984-1988
Other Identifier	Australian Data Archive: 00594
Author	Kelley, Jonathan (Australian National University) Bean, Clive (Australian National University) - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9413-272X Evans, Mariah D. R. (Australian National University)
Point of Contact	Use email button above to contact. Australian Data Archive (Australian National University)
Description	The National Social Science Survey is a multi-purpose survey measuring a wide range of variables of interest in sociology, political science and labour economics. The survey consists of three waves: 1984-1985, 1986-1987, and 1987-1988. The sample was redrawn for each wave of the survey and therefore the results do not form a panel series. Successive waves of the survey had different research foci, such as an emphasis on the role of government in 1986-87, and attitudes to income inequality in 1987-88. ADA No. 594 is an integrated data set, comprising variables which were common to the three waves. These variables included respondents' social background characteristics in addition to a number of common attitude items. Questions relate to the respondent's personal feelings about life such as loneliness, happiness, satisfaction, identity and personal worth; religious beliefs and priorities; moral reactions to sex, abortion and pornography; and facets of human nature. The questionnaire also covered attitudes towards uranium mining, inequality, the Public Service, aborigines, trade unions, the death penalty, women and careers; feelings toward major Australian political figures, certain social and national groups, and certain countries; confidence in the government; government ownership of public authorities; and government spending on the environment, health, police, the aged, unemployed and military. Aspects of job satisfaction are canvassed. Political data includes interest in politics, left - right assessment, party identification and past vote and current vote intention. Economic data include details from respondents about themselves and their spouses, of money received in the form of pensions, welfare entitlements, inheritance, dividends and business income, which have all been adjusted for inflation; hours and weeks worked; occupations (coded into the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations). Background variables include marital status, educational history, state of birth, country of origin, home ownership, church attendance, religion, self identified class, and trade union membership. Additonal spouse details include occupation, party identification, current employment status, years at school, and trade union membership. Background variables regarding the respondent's parents include occupation, work history and job responsibilities, party identification and educational qualifications.
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	Attitudes Community involvement Defence Economic policy Elections Ethnic groups Family Health Human relations Income Leadership Migrants Occupations Politicians Politics Religion Social classes Social problems Values Women and employment
Topic Classification	Australian studies Sociology, Culture General social survey
Related Publication	Kelly, J., R. Cushing and B. Headey (1987), Australian National Social Science Survey 1984. Canberra: Data Archives, The Australian National University Kelly, J. and C. Bean (eds) (1988), Australian Attitudes. Sydney: Allen and Unwin National Social Science Survey Report, Vols 1-2 (1-6) (1988-1991). Canberra: NSSS, The Australian National University
Notes	Copyright: Copyright © 2005, The Australian National University. All rights reserved.
Language	English
Production Date	2004-08-27
Contributor	Funder : Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University Funder : Australian Research Grants Scheme (1984-1985) Data Collector : Reark Research Pty Ltd (urban sample, 1984) and the National Social Science Survey Other : 95 interviewers from the Reark Research national interviewer team (1984-85 urban sample) [role: Data Gathering Staff] Other : Staff of the National Social Science Survey [role: Data Gathering Staff]
Distributor	Australian Data Archive (The Australian National University) (ADA) https://ada.edu.au/
Depositor	Dr Jonathan Kelley, Sociology Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, G.P.O. Box 4, Canberra A.C.T. 2601 [affiliation: Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University]
Deposit Date	1990-11-23
Date of Collection	Start Date: 1984-06-01 ; End Date: 1986-07-01 Start Date: 1986-11-01 ; End Date: 1987-07-01 Start Date: 1987-11-01 ; End Date: 1988-07-01
Data Type	Survey data
Related Material	Codebook - ADA.CODEBOOK.00594.txt; Codebook - ADA.CODEBOOK.00594.rtf; Questionnaire - ADA.QUESTIONNAIRE.00594.pdf
Related Dataset	ADA Study 423 - Australian National Social Survey 1984 (SSDA Study No. 423) - au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.00423; International Social Survey Program - Role of Government 1985 (ZA Study No. 1490). Cologne: Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung, University of Cologne; International Social Survey Program - Social Inequality 1987 (ZA Study No. 1680). Cologne: Zentralarchiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung, University of Cologne

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Geographic Unit	Postcode

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Unit of Analysis	Individual
Universe	Non-institutionalised persons in Australia aged 18 years and more competent in the English language. Note: Competent in English is defined as including native speakers and others speaking English "very well" or "well", but excluding the approximate 2.4 per cent of the population speaking it "not well" or "not at all".
Time Method	trend study
Sampling Procedure	stratified area cluster sample (1984-85) stratified random sample (1986-87 and 1987-88) The 1984-85 sample was selected in two components: an urban sample of localities of 10000 or more persons, clustered within census collectors districts, and a complementary rural sample drawn from the electoral rolls. The 1986-87 and 1987-88 samples were selected from the electoral rolls, stratified by State/Territory.
Collection Mode	Face-to-face interview (1984-85 urban sample) Self-completion - mail out, mail back
Actions to Minimize Losses	For the mail self-completion samples, everyone was sent a questionnaire with covering letter, followed 10 days later by a thank you/reminder letter. Those who did not reply were contacted up to four times more. These contacts included sending another copy of the questionnaire, sending a letter alone, and contacting the non-responder by telephone.

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