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Description
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The 2016 Australian Election Study is the eleventh in a series of surveys. It replicates many questions from the previous Australian Election Studies, but also introduces new questions regarding a range of topical social issues (e.g. lowering the voting age, the NDIS and disability). Other sections cover the respondent's interest in the election campaign and politics, their past and present political affiliation, evaluation of parties and candidates, alignment with parties on various election issues, evaluation of the current economic situation, and attitudes to a range of election issues including global warming, taxation, education, unemployment, health and Medicare, refugees and asylum seekers, and population policy. Opinions on social policy issues including abortion, equal opportunities, same sex marriages, and Australia's security were also covered in the 2016 Australian Election Study. Background variables include level of education, employment status, occupation, type of employer, position at workplace, trade union membership, sex, age, own and parents' country of birth, parents' political preferences, religion, marital status, income, and where applicable, the occupation, trade union membership and political preference of the respondent's partner. The 2016 Australian Election Study is the first in the AES series to include a dual-frame sample approach using Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) electoral roll data and an address-based sample frame. Prior to 2016, the sample frame consisted only of AEC enrolled voters. The introduction of the geo-coded national address file (G-NAF) frame allows for the inclusion of Australian residents who were eligible but not enrolled to vote prior to the election and aimed to increase the representation of young Australians. Each frame represented approximately one half of completed questionnaires (50.3% to AEC and 49.6% to G-NAF). 1,200 of the 2,818 responses (43.3%) were completed online, an increase from 15% in 2013 when the hard copy questionnaire and invitation to online were sent concurrently. (2016-12-20)
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Keyword
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Attitudes, Defence, Economic policy, Elections, Environment, Ethnic groups, Immigration, International relations, Internet, Political parties, Politicians, Politics, Republicanism, Security, Shares, Social policy, Taxation |
