aes_1993: Australian Election Study 1993

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Format

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 3023 rows and 299 columns.

Details

The 1993 Australian Election Study is the third in a series of surveys beginning in 1987 which have been timed to coincide with Australian Federal elections. The series also builds on the 1967, 1969 and 1979 Australian Political Attitudes Surveys. The Australian Election Studies 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.

The 1993 survey replicates many questions from the 1987 and 1990 Australian Election Studies, but also introduces a variety of new questions including a section on foreign affairs and defence, and attitudes to Federal and State government. As in previous surveys, other sections covered 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 economic situation and economic policies, attitudes to a range of environmental issues, and attitudes to contemporary social policy issues including equal opportunity, censorship, migration, assistance for aborigines, abortion, criminal law, expenditure on social services, the monarchy and the Australian flag.

Background variables covered include level of education, employment status, occupation, type of employer, position at workplace, trade union membership, sex, year and place of birth, parents' birthplaces, parents' political preferences, father's occupation, length of residence in state or territory, religion, marital status, number of children, income, and where applicable, the occupation, trade union membership and political preference of the respondent's spouse.

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Variables

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

id

Case identification number

a1

Followed election news in the newspapers

a2p1

Followed election news on TV

a2p2

Followed election news on the radio

a3

Interest in politics

a4

Interest in election campaign

a5

Watched televised debate

a6

Who performed better in televised debate

a7

Which was more important in deciding

a8p1

Discussed politics with others

a8p2

Talk to people about vote

a8p3

Go to meetings or rallies

a8p4

Contribute money

a8p5

Work for party or candidate

a9

Care which party wins election

a10

Better with majority in both houses

a11

Compulsory voting

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

Reason chose party for House of Reps

b8

Thought of changing vote during campaign

b9reps

Vote in House of Representatives in 1990

b9senate

Vote in Senate in 1990

b10p1

Previous vote - always same

b10p2

Previous vote - sometimes Liberal

b10p3

Previous vote - sometimes Labor

b10p4

Previous vote - sometimes National

b10p5

Previous vote - sometimes Democrat

b10p6

Previous vote - sometimes others

b10p7

Previous vote - not before this election

b11

Difference between parties

b12lib

Feelings about Liberal Party

b12alp

Feelings about Labor Party

b12nat

Feelings about National Party

b12demo

Feelings about Australian Democrats

b12green

Feelings about Greens

c1pk

Feelings about Paul Keating

c1jhew

Feelings about John Hewson

c1tf

Feelings about Tim Fischer

c1jcou

Feelings about John Coulter

c2

Like about Paul Keating

c3

Like about John Hewson

c4pkmor

Paul Keating moral

c4pkint

Paul Keating intelligent

c4pkcom

Paul Keating compassionate

c4pksen

Paul Keating sensible

c4pklea

Paul Keating provides strong leadership

c4pkdec

Paul Keating decent

c4pkrel

Paul Keating reliable

c4pkkno

Paul Keating knowledgeable

c4pkins

Paul Keating inspiring

c4pkdep

Paul Keating dependable

c4jhmor

John Hewson moral

c4jhint

John Hewson intelligent

c4jhcom

John Hewson compassionate

c4jhsen

John Hewson sensible

c4jhlea

John Hewson provides strong leadership

c4jhdec

John Hewson decent

c4jhrel

John Hewson reliable

c4jhkno

John Hewson knowledgeable

c4jhins

John Hewson inspiring

c4jhdep

John Hewson dependable

c5name

Name of local Federal MP

c5party

Party of local Federal MP

c6pers

Meeting the MP personally

c6spok

Attending a meeting where the MP spoke

c6mail

Receiving something in the mail

c6read

Reading in newspaper or magazine

c6radio

Hearing the MP on radio

c6tv

Seeing the MP on TV

c6none

No contact

c7

Contacted Federal MP in office

c7expr

Contacted to express opinion

c7info

Contacted to seek information

c7help

Contacted to seek help

c7satis

Satisfaction with response

c8

Approve of local Federal MP

d1bus

Party closest to own view business tax

d1child

Part closest to own view child care

d1educ

Party closest to own view education

d1envir

Party closest to own view environment

d1enter

Party closest to own view bargaining

d1gst

Party closest to own view on GST

d1health

Part closest to own view on health

d1contr

Party closest to own view on contracts

d1inflat

Party closest to own view on inflation

d1intr

Party closest to own view interest rates

d1medic

Party closest to own view on Medicare

d1ss

Party closest to own view SS benefits

d1tariff

Party closest to own view tariffs

d1unem

Party closest to own view unemployment

d2bus

Importance of business taxes

d2child

Importance of child care

d2educ

Importance of education

d2envir

Importance of the environment

d2enter

Importance of enterprise bargaining

d2gst

Importance of GST

d2health

Importance of health

d2contr

Importance of individual contracts

d2inflat

Importance of inflation

d2intr

Importance of interest rates

d2medic

Importance of Medicare

d2ss

Importance of SS benefits

d2tariff

Importance of tariffs

d2unem

Importance of unemployment

d3a1

Issue of most concern last 12 months

d3a2

Second issue of concern last 12 months

d3b1

Issue of most concern in 10 years

d3b2

Second issue of concern in 10 years

d4econ

Party best for economy

d4law

Party best for law and order

d4for

Party best for foreign affairs

d4soc

Party best for social services

d4ind

Party best for industrial relations

d4int

Party best for international trade

d5hhold

Financial situation of hhold cf 1 yr ago

d5cntry

Economic situation country cf 1 yr ago

d6hhold

Effect of govt policies on hhold situation

d6cntry

Effect of govt policies on country situation

d7

Economic situation of country cf 1 yr ahead

d8

Effect of govt policies on country situation

dtax

High tax makes people less willing to work

d9redpov

Spend to reduce poverty

d9strict

Stricter laws to regulate trade unions

d9tupow

Trade unions have too much power

d9bigpow

Big business has too much power

d9equal

Income & wealth should be redistributed

d10

Employee control of industry

d11

Sympathy for or against strikers

e1

Choice between taxes and social services

e2migeo

Equal opportunities for migrants

e2nudsex

Nudity & sex in films & magazines

e2equop

Equal opportunities for women

e2immig

No. of migrants allowed into Australia

e2abor

Government help for aborigines

e3

Abortion

e4

Censorship of books and films

e5

Job opportunities for women

e6deathp

Death penalty reintroduced for murder

e6marij

Decriminalise smoking of marijuana

e6ration

Policies based on rational calculation

e6lawbrk

Stiffer sentences if break law

e6pref

Women given preferential treatment

e6succes

In Australian society anyone can succeed

e6opp

Increase opportunities for women

e6moral

Policies should be based on morals

e7

Royalty

e8

Australia should become a republic

e9

Change Australia's flag

e10aims1

Aims of Australia - first choice

e10aims2

Aims of Australia - second choice

f1nengy

Nuclear energy a necessity

f1presn

Nature most precious in life

f1uran

Australian should mine its uranium

f1spend

Increase spending to protect environment

f1bias

TV is biased in favour of greens

f1pollut

Stronger measures against pollution

f2pollut

Pollution urgent envir. concern

f2pop

Overpopulation urgent envir. concern

f2waste

Waste disposal urgent envir. concern

f2uran

Uranium mining urgent envir. concern

f2log

Logging urgent envir. concern

f2wild

Wildlife urgent envir. concern

f2soil

Soil urgent envir. concern

f2ghouse

Greenhouse urgent envir. concern

f2urg1

Most urgent envir. concern

f2urg2

Second most urgent envir. concern

f3envir

Approve environmental groups

f3uran

Approve anti-uranium mining groups

f3war

Approve anti-war and anti-nuclear groups

f4

Member of environment group

f5

Worried about environment cf 5 years ago

f6

Views on prices and the environment

f7

Views on taxes and the environment

g1asia

Trading future lies in Asia

g1nz

Increase economic ties with NZ

g1indo

Trade agreements with Indonesia

g1tariff

Should continue to use tariffs

g1notus

Side with Japan not US

g1japinf

Japanese influence too great

g2ausris

If Australians are at risk

g2othris

If others are at risk

g2oppres

If country oppresses its own citizens

g2trade

If trade is threatened

g2reques

If country requests intervention

g2order

If country cannot maintain order

g3

Spend more or less on defence

g4russia

Russia threat to Australia in 5 yrs

g4china

China threat to Australia in 5 yrs

g4indon

Indonesia threat to Australia in 5 yrs

g4japan

Japan threat to Australia in 5 yrs

g4viet

Vietnam threat to Australia in 5 yrs

g4india

India threat to Australia in 5 yrs

g5russia

Russia threat to Australia in 10 yrs

g5china

China threat to Australian in 10 yrs

g5indon

Indonesia threat to Australia in 10 yrs

g5japan

Japan threat to Australia in 10 yrs

g5viet

Vietnam threat to Australia in 10 yrs

g5india

India threat to Australia in 10 yrs

g6

Trust in the United States

g7

United States alliance under ANZUS

g8

Benefits from Australia's alliance with US

g9

Australia-US joint defence facilities

g10

Security arrangements

g11power

Visits by nuclear powered warships

g1armed

Visits by warships with nuclear arms

h1p1

Could do good job in public office

h1p2

Politics & govt seem so complicated

h1p3

Good understanding of political issues

h1p4

Public officials don't care much

h1p5

Small parties & independent candidates

h1p6

Joining a political party

h1p7

Well-qualified to participate in politics

h1p8

No say about what government does

h1p9

Better informed about govt than most

h2write

Write to a newspaper

h2legal

Go on a legal protest march

h2banned

Go on an illegal protest march

h2meet

Attend a public meeting

h2block

Try to block traffic

h2petit

Collect signatures for a petition

h2disrup

Disrupt a march or meeting

h3

Govt can be trusted to do right

h4

Cared about state election result

h5

Vote in last state election

h6p1

State govts would do better

h6p2

Federal govt in touch with state opinion

h6p3

Federal govt interferes too much

h6p4

Senate keeps check on Federal govt

h7fed

Federal government waste money

h7state

State government waste money

h8fed

Trust in Federal Government

h8state

Trust in State Government

h9fed

Federal Government run for benefit of

h9state

State Government run for benefit of

h10fed

Federal Government corrupt

h10state

State Government corrupt

h11

Which government is more important

h12

Which govt more tied up in red tape

i1

Age left school

i2

Private or non-private school education

i3

Highest qual obtained since leaving school

i4

No. years of tertiary education

i5

Occupation in past week

i6occup

Occupation

i6d

Employer

i6e

No. of employees

i6f

Number employed in workplace

i6g

Position in organisation

i7p1

Supervisory responsibility

i7p2

Number supervised

j1

Sex

j2

Year of birth

j3own

Country of birth

j3mum

Mothers country of birth

j3dad

Fathers country of birth

j4

Year R came to Australia

j5dad

Fathers political preference at R age 14

j5mum

Mothers political preference at R age 14

j6

Fathers occupation at R age 14

j7

Length of residence

j8

Religion

j9

Religious attendance

j10

Belong to a trade union or staff association

j11

Self assessed social class

j12

Marital status

j13a

Have any children

j13b1

No. children under primary school age

j13b2

No. children attending primary school

j13b3

No. children attending secondary school

j13b4

No. children attend university fulltime

j14

Income

j15

Occupation of spouse

j16

Occupation of spouse

j17

Employer of spouse

j18

Does spouse supervise people at work

j19

Spouse member of trade union

j20

Spouses political identification

postcode

Postcode of Residence

elecdiv

Electoral Division

state

State of Residence

region

Region of electoral division

weight
c2p1

Like about Keating 1

c2p2

Like about Keating 2

c2p3

Like about Keating 3

c2p4

Like about Keating 4

c2p5

Like about Keating 5

c2p6

Like about Keating 6

c3p1

Like about Hewson 1

c3p2

Like about Hewson 2

c3p3

Like about Hewson 3

c3p4

Like about Hewson 4

statemap

State mapping variable

Source

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


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