Australian Election Study, 1987

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Description	The study has two goals. The first is to continue the broad line of enquiry established by the 1967 and 1979 Australian National Political Attitudes surveys so that patterns of stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate can be traced over two decades. The second is to assess the electoral impact of forces specific to this election in order better to understand its outcome. Respondents were asked which party they voted for in the 1987 and 1984 Federal elections; when they had decided how to vote and whether they might have changed their vote; party identification; interest in politics; the importance of a number of issues and the media in deciding their vote; left-right positions for their own views and those of the major parties in the 1987 and 1984 elections; feelings about the party leaders indicated by ratings from 0 to 10, their qualities and effectiveness as prime minister. A section on election issues covered perceptions of Australia's current economic situation and the extent of the effect of government policies on the economy; government spending; privatisation; the role of trade unions and big business; uranium mining; law and order; Asian migration; marijuana; abortion; aborigines; testing for AIDS; censorship; homosexuality; opportunities for women. Other questions examined trust in government; political goals; and forms of political action. Background information included level of schooling; highest level of qualification; current activity; occupation; employment sector; supervision; union membership; self assessed social class; sex; age; length of current residence; country of birth of self and parents; year arrived in Australia; father's occupation; parents' schooling and political preference; marital status; number of children; partner's schooling, occupation, employment sector, supervision, union membership and political preference; religion and attendance at religious services.
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	AIDS, Economic policy, Elections, Social classes, Social problems, Social policy, Political parties, Politicians, Politics
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Persistent Identifier	doi:10.4225/87/PQFNYM
Publication Date	2017-10-27
Title	Australian Election Study, 1987
Alternative Title	AES Voter Study, 1987
Alternative URL	http://www.australianelectionstudy.org/voter_studies.html
Other Identifier	Australian Data Archive: 00445
Author	McAllister, Ian (University of New South Wales) Mughan, Anthony (The Australian National University)
Point of Contact	Use email button above to contact. Australian Data Archive (Australian National University)
Description	The study has two goals. The first is to continue the broad line of enquiry established by the 1967 and 1979 Australian National Political Attitudes surveys so that patterns of stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate can be traced over two decades. The second is to assess the electoral impact of forces specific to this election in order better to understand its outcome. Respondents were asked which party they voted for in the 1987 and 1984 Federal elections; when they had decided how to vote and whether they might have changed their vote; party identification; interest in politics; the importance of a number of issues and the media in deciding their vote; left-right positions for their own views and those of the major parties in the 1987 and 1984 elections; feelings about the party leaders indicated by ratings from 0 to 10, their qualities and effectiveness as prime minister. A section on election issues covered perceptions of Australia's current economic situation and the extent of the effect of government policies on the economy; government spending; privatisation; the role of trade unions and big business; uranium mining; law and order; Asian migration; marijuana; abortion; aborigines; testing for AIDS; censorship; homosexuality; opportunities for women. Other questions examined trust in government; political goals; and forms of political action. Background information included level of schooling; highest level of qualification; current activity; occupation; employment sector; supervision; union membership; self assessed social class; sex; age; length of current residence; country of birth of self and parents; year arrived in Australia; father's occupation; parents' schooling and political preference; marital status; number of children; partner's schooling, occupation, employment sector, supervision, union membership and political preference; religion and attendance at religious services.
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	AIDS (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Economic policy (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Elections (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Social classes (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Social problems (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Social policy (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Political parties (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Politicians (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Politics (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php
Topic Classification	Australian studies Social Science Politics and Elections Australian Election Study
Language	English
Producer	Australian Data Archive (The Australian National University) (ADA) http://www.ada.edu.au/
Production Location	Canberra, Australia
Funding Information	Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University The University of New South Wales
Distributor	Australian Data Archive (Australian National University) (ADA) http://www.ada.edu.au/
Depositor	McAllister, Ian
Deposit Date	1987-11-20
Time Period	Start Date: 1987-07-09 ; End Date: 1987-10-30
Date of Collection	Start Date: 1987-07-09 ; End Date: 1987-10-30
Data Type	Survey data
Series	Australian Election Study: The Australian Election Studies (AES) have been running as a series of surveys beginning in 1987 that have been timed to coincide with Australian Federal elections. The series also builds on the Australian National Political Attitudes Surveys run in 1967, 1969 and 1979. The Australian Election Study survey is funded by the Australian Research Council and has been directed by Professor Ian McAllister, Dr Juliet Pietsch (both from the Australian National University), Professor Clive Bean (Queensland University of Technology) and Professor Rachel Gibson (University of Manchester). The AES aim to provide a long-term perspective on stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate, and investigate the changing social bases of Australian politics as the economy and society modernise and change character. In addition to these long-term goals they examine the political issues prevalent in the election and assess their importance for the election result.
Software	SPSS, Version: 24.0 Stata, Version: 12.0 SAS, Version: 9.4
Related Dataset	Australian Election Studies

Social Science and Humanities Metadata

Unit of Analysis	Individual
Universe	Australian adults aged 18 years or over eligible to vote in Australian elections
Time Method	Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Data Collector	Ascui, Alvaro
Frequency	Every three years
Sampling Procedure	Systematic random sample. A systematic random sample of 2762 cases covering all States and Territories except South Australia was provided by the Australian Electoral Office from its computerised electoral roll. A supplementary sample of 299 cases was selected manually from the alphabetical list of electors in South Australia by microfiche.
Collection Mode	Self-completion (mail out, mail back)
Type of Research Instrument	Structured
Weighting	With regard to State, no weighting of the data was required.
Response Rate	Total Sample size: 3,061 Valid responses: 1,825 Effective response rate: 62.8%
Notes	Geographic Unit: Postcode

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Examples of non-analytical purposes are: (a) transmitting or allowing access to the data in part or whole to any other person / Department / Organisation not a party to this undertaking; and (b) attempting to match unit record data in whole or in part with any other information for the purposes of attempting to identify individuals.

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(a) acknowledge both the original depositors and the Australian Data Archive; (b) acknowledge another archive where the data file is made available through the Australian Data Archive by another archive; and (c) declare that those who carried out the original analysis and collection of the data bear no responsibility for the further analysis or interpretation of it.

4. Use of the material is solely at my risk and I indemnify the Australian Data Archive and its host institution, The Australian National University.

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Depositor Requirements In order to assemble essential information about archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about users’ research activities, individuals are required to email ADA (ada@anu.edu.au) with the bibliographic details and, where available, online links to any published work (including journal articles, books or book chapters, conference presentations, theses or any other publications or outputs) based wholly or in part on the material.

Disclaimer Use of the material is solely at the user's risk. The depositor, The Australian National University and the Australian Data Archive shall not be held responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the material supplied.

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