aes_1990: Australian Election Study 1990

In thmcmahon/aes: Responses to the Australian Election Study Voter Studies 1987-2016

Description

• Total sample: 3,606

• Valid responses: 2,020

• Effective response rate: 58.0

Usage

aes_1990

Format

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 2037 rows and 236 columns.

Details

The Australian Election Study is the second in the series initiated in 1987, and builds on the data collected earlier in the 1967 and 1979 Australian Political Attitudes Surveys. The series provides a long-term perspective on stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate, and investigates the changing social bases of Australian politics as the economy and society modernise and change character. In addition to these long-term perspectives it examines the political issues prevalent in the election and assesses their importance for the election result.

Two major themes are covered in the survey, the economy and the environment. Questions on the economy include retrospective and prospective evaluations of the country's economy and the individual's own personal household situation; wages and price controls; attitudes to particular economic issues; and the position of the major parties and party leaders on the main economic issues. Questions on the environment include attitudes to the protection of the environment and to environmental issues in general; the role of industry and the government in ensuring environmental protection; rankings of the most urgent environmental issues and the respondent's assessment of their likely future importance; and attitudes toward environmental pressure and interest groups, including current or likely membership.

As in the 1987 AES, a range of questions are included in the survey which cover election issues and the respondent's assessment of the most effective party to handle them, as well as questions on specific political issues such as government spending and the pilots' dispute. A section on social policy includes questions on around 30 contemporary social and moral issues, including abortion, Aboriginal rights, pornography, health care and many others. A section on industrial policy focuses on attitudes towards the control of the economy, attitudes to trade unions and big business, and to industrial conflict in general. In addition to the standard questions on vote in the current election, recalled vote in the 1987 federal election, and party identification, the survey contains an extensive section dealing with attitudes to the major parties and to the party leaders. Finally, a range of demographic data are collected for each respondent and their spouse or partner, if applicable.

Useful links

• Original codebook

• Original questionnaire

Variables

Note: this documentation has been autogenerated from the dataset labels not the original codebook.

id

Respondent Id Number

a1tv

Followed election news on TV

a1papers

Followed election news in the newspapers

a1radio

Followed election news on the radio

a2tv

Watched campaign ads on TV

a2papers

Read campaign ads in the newspapers

a2radio

Listened campaign ads on the radio

a3

Notice taken of polls

a4

Interest in politics

a5

Watched televised debate

a6

Who performed better in televised debate

a7

Watched formal election policy launches

a8

Most impressive party launch

a9ad

Awareness of Aust Democrats campaign

a9greens

Awareness of Greens campaign

b1

Party identification

b2

Strength of party identification

b3

Left-right position

b4

When decided which way to vote

b5

Which party would win election

b6reps

Vote in House of Representatives

b6senate

Vote in Senate

b7

Thought of changing vote during campaign

b8reps

Vote in House of Representatives in 1987

b8senate

Vote in Senate in 1987

b9

Previous vote

c1bh

Feelings about Bob Hawke

c1ap

Feelings about Andrew Peacock

c1cb

Feelings about Charles Blunt

c1janh

Feelings about Janine Haines

c1pk

Feelings about Paul Keating

c1johnh

Feelings about John Howard

c2

Like about Bob Hawke

c3

Dont like about Bob Hawke

c4

Like about Andrew Peacock

c5

Dont like about Andrew Peacock

c6alp

ALP extreme or moderate

c6lib

Coalition extreme or moderate

c7alp

ALP capable of strong government or not

c7lib

Coalition capable of strong government o

c8alp

ALP united or divided

c8lib

Coalition united or divided

c9alp

ALP has clear or vague policies

c9lib

Coalition has clear or vague policies

d1unem

Party closest to own view unemployment

d1inflat

Party closest to own view on inflation

d1health

Party closest to own view on health

d1wages

Party closest to own view on wages

d1intr

Party closest to own view interest rates

d1educ

Party closest to own view on education

d1envir

Party closest to own view on environment

d1tax

Party closest to own view on taxation

d1gspend

Party closest to own view on government

d2unem

Importance of unemployment issue

d2inflat

Importance of inflation issue

d2health

Importance of health issue

d2wages

Importance of wages issue

d2intr

Importance of interest rates issue

d2educ

Importance of education issue

d2envir

Importance of environment issue

d2tax

Importance of taxation issue

d2gspend

Importance of government spending issue

d2i1

Issue of most concern

d2i2

Second issue of concern

d3less1

Top priority for less govt spending

d3less2

Second priority for less govt spending

d3more1

Top priority for more govt spending

d3more2

Second priority for more govt spending

e1hhold

Financial situation of hhold cf 1 year a

e1cntry

Economic situation of country cf 1 year

e2hhold

Effect of govt policies on hhold situati

e2cntry

Effect of govt policies on country situa

e3hhold

Financial situation of hhold cf 1 yr ahe

e3cntry

Economic situation of country cf 1 yr ah

e4hhold

Effect of govt policies on hhold situati

e4cntry

Effect of govt policies on country situa

e5wages

Control of wages by legislation

e5prices

Control of prices by legislation

e5hlthed

Reduce expenditure on health & education

e5import

Increasing controls on imports

e5subpi

Increase Govt subsidies for private indu

e5defnce

Reducing expenditure on defence

e6tax

High tax makes people less willing to wo

e6equal

Income & wealth should be redistributed

e6pind

Private industry keep more of its profit

e6profit

Modern society without profit motive

e7resp

Distribution of wealth - Rs position

e7alp

Distribution of wealth - ALP position

e7lib

Distribution of wealth - Coalition posit

e7bh

Distribution of wealth - Hawkes position

e7ap

Distribution of wealth - Peacocks positi

f1resp

Taxes v. social services - Rs position

f1alp

Taxes v. social services - ALP position

f1lib

Taxes v. social services - Coalition pos

f1bh

Taxes v. social services - Hawkes positi

f1ap

Taxes v. social services - Peacocks posi

f2

Private medical treatment

f3

Abortion

f4

Government help for Aborigines

f5equop

Equal opportunities for women

f5nudsex

Nudity and sex in films and magazines

f5ethnid

Migrants keeping their ethnic identity

f5aborlr

Transfer of land rights to Aborigines

f5migeo

Equal opportunities for migrants

f5protes

The right to protest and demonstrate

f5immig

No. of migrants allowed into Australia

f6deathp

Death penalty reintroduced for murder

f6homlaw

Stricter laws against homosexuality

f6marij

Decriminalise smoking of marijuana

f6polpow

The police should be given more power

f6lawbrk

Stiffer sentences if break the law

f6hlthtx

Increase taxes and spend more on health

f6govhnd

Too many rely on government handouts

f6redpov

More money spent on reducing poverty

f6succes

In Australian society anyone can succeed

f6wifhom

Husband bread-winner and wife home

f6eductx

Increase taxes & spend more on education

f6unemp

Most of the unemployed dont want to work

f6govser

Govt serves the interests of Australians

f7smkgov

Ban smoking: in government departments

f7smkwrk

Ban smoking: The workplace generally

f7smkeat

Ban smoking: Public eating places

f7smkshp

Ban smoking: Shops and supermarkets

f7smkpub

Ban smoking: All public places

f8

Whether currently a smoker

f9aims1

First choice Australian aims

f9aims2

Second choice Australian aims

f10aim1

First choice national aims

f10aim2

Second choice national aims

g1resp

Logging in N. Est. Forests - Rs position

g1alp

Logging in N. Est. Forests - ALP positio

g1lib

Logging in N. Est. Forests - Coalition p

g1bh

Logging in N. Est. Forests - Hawkes posi

g1ap

Logging in N. Est. Forests - Peacocks po

g2

Views on prices and the environment

g3

Views on taxes and the environment

g4

Nuclear power - danger or resource

g5pollut

Pollution urgent envir. concern

g5pop

Overpopulation urgent envir. concern

g5waste

Waste disposal urgent envir. concern

g5uran

Uranium mining urgent envir. concern

g5log

Logging urgent envir. concern

g5wild

Wildlife urgent envir. concern

g5soil

Soil urgent envir. concern

g5ghouse

Greenhouse urgent envir. concern

g5urg1

Most urgent envir. concern

g5urg2

Second most urgent envir. concern

g6pollut

Pollution worse in 10 years

g6pop

Overpopulation worse in 10 years

g6waste

Waste disposal worse in 10 years

g6uran

Uranium mining worse in 10 years

g6log

Logging worse in 10 years

g6wild

Wildlife worse in 10 years

g6soil

Soil degredation worse in 10 years

g6ghouse

Greenhouse worse in 10 years

g7tu

Trust Trade Unions

g7envir

Trust Environmental groups

g7comgov

Trust Commonwealth Government

g7stgov

Trust State Governments

g7polpar

Trust Political parties

g7ind

Trust Industry

g7scitec

Trust Scientists and technologists

g7public

Trust general public

g8envir

Approve environmental groups

g8uran

Approve anti-uranium mining groups

g8war

Approve anti-war and anti-nuclear groups

g9envir

Member of environment group

g9uran

Member of anti-uranium mining group

g9war

Member of anti-war and anti-nuclear grou

g10nship

Ban nuclear powered warships

g10nengy

Nuclear energy a necessity

g10techg

Good effects of technology outweigh bad

g10scit

Science & technology best hope for futur

g10uran

Australia should mine its uranium

g10envir

Our society is abusing the environment

g10pop

Approaching world overpopulation

g10natok

Other things more important than Nature

g10presn

Nature most precious in life

g10prote

Could do more to protect the environment

g10govte

Govt could do more to protect environmen

h1

Employee control of industry

h2

Sympathy for or against strikers

h3

Government handling of pilot dispute

h4

Coalition handling of pilot dispute

h5jobs

Govt ensure jobs for all who want work

h5regtu

Stricter regulation of trade unions

h5strke

Workers strike without good reason

h5tupowr

Trade union power

h5buspwr

Big business power

h5tuprot

Trade unions protect workers

h5busben

Big business exploits workers

h5pvtis

Privatisation of industry

h5wrksay

Workers say in workplace

h5scabs

Scab labour prohibited by law

h5class

No class differences in Australia

i1

Age left School

i2

Private or Non-private school education

i3

No. years of tertiary education

i4

Highest qual obtained since leaving scho

i5

Occupation in past week

i6

Occupation

i6d

Employer

i7

Supervisory responsibility

i8

Belong to a trade union or staff associa

i9

Self assessed social class

j1

Sex

j2

Year of Birth

j3own

Country of Birth

j3mum

Mothers Country of Birth

j3dad

Fathers Country of Birth

j4

Age R came to Australia

j5

Fathers Occupation at R Age 14

j6dad

Fathers political preference at R Age 14

j6mum

Mothers political preference at R Age 14

j7

Religion

j8

Religious attendance

j9

Marital Status

j10

Occupation of Spouse

j11

Occupation of Spouse

j12

Employer of Spouse

j13

Does Spouse supervise people at work

j14

Spouse member of a trade union

j15

Spouses political identification

d3spend1

Spending on Education

d3spend2

Spending on Defence

d3spend3

Spending on Aged Pensions

d3spend4

Spending on Health

d3spend5

Spending on Roads

d3spend6

Spending on Police

d3spend7

Spending on Unemployment Benefits

d3spend8

Spending on Help for industry

d3spend9

Spending on Protecting the Environment

postcode

Postcode of Residence

elecdiv

Electoral Division

state

State of Residence

statemap

State mapping variable

Source

http://www.australianelectionstudy.org/voter_studies.html

thmcmahon/aes documentation built on May 31, 2019, 10:44 a.m.