aes_2007: Title

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

Description

• Total sample: 5,000

• Valid responses: 1,873

• Effective response rate: 40.2

Usage

aes_2007

Format

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 1873 rows and 376 columns.

Details

The 2007 Australian Election Study is the eighth in a series of surveys beginning in 1987 that 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 2007 survey replicates many questions from the previous Australian Election Studies, but also introduces a variety of new questions including a series of questions of Australia's social welfare system. 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, attitudes to a range of election issues including immigration, terrorism, taxation, unemployment, and interest rates, attitudes to issues relating to the environment and defence, and opinions on various social policy issues including abortion, equal opportunities, sex discrimination, and government assistance to Aborigines.

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 spouse.

Useful Links

• Original codebook

• Original questionnaire

Variables

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

accid

Accession number

retda

Day of return

retmo

Month of return

retyr

Year of return

a1

A1. Interest in politics

a2

A2. Followed election news in the newspapers

a3p1

A3. Followed election news on TV

a3p2

A3. Followed election news on the radio

a3p3

A3. Followed election news on the internet

a4

A4. Interest in election campaign

a5p1

A5. During election: discussed politics with others

a5p2

A5. During election: talk to people about vote

a5p3

A5. During election: work for party/candidate

a5p4

A5. During election: go to meetings or rallies

a5p5

A5. During campaign: contribute money

a6

A6. Candidate persuade you to vote for them

a7

A7. Watched televised debate 21 October

a8

A8. Who performed better in televised debate

a9

A9. Use internet to get news on 2007 election

a10p1

A10. Website: Party

a10p2

A10. Website: Own MP

a10p3

A10. Website: Individual candidate in your electorate

a10p4

A10. Website: Other candidate/MP outside your electorate

a10p5

A10. Website: Federal parliament

a10p6

A10. Website: Australian Electoral Commission

a10p7

A10. Website: Mainstream news media

a10p8

A10. Website: YouTube

a10p9

A10. Website: Political weblog/blog

a11

A11. Should voting be compulsory

a12

A12. Would you vote if voting not compulsory

a13

A13. Know how much those not vote are fines

a14

A14. Know someone who didn't vote with no good reason

a15

A15. How likely person will pay fine - didn't vote

b1

B1. Party identification

xb1

B1. Extended-Party identification

b2

B2. Strength of party identification

b3

B3. Care which party wins election

b4

B4. When decided which way to vote

b5

B5. Most important in vote decision

b6p1

B6. Labor's inexperience in government

b6p2

B6. Time for a change

b6p3

B6. Number of trade union leaders in Labor government

b6p4

B6. Howard government's WorkChoices legislation

b6p5

B6. Labor governments in Canberra and all states

b6p6

B6. Rises in interest rates

b7

B7. Prefer when Govt controls both houses

b8

B8. Difference between Labor and Liberal

b9own

B9. Own left-right position

b10lib

B10. Liberal left-right position

b10alp

B10. Labor left-right position

b10nat

B10. Nationals left-right position

b10grn

B10. Greens left-right position

b11reps

B11. Vote in House of Representatives

xb11reps

B11. Extended-Vote in House of Representatives

b11senat

B11. Vote in Senate

xb11sena

B11. Extended-Vote in Senate

b12reps

B12. Preferences to in House of Reps

b12senat

B12. Preferences to in Senate

b13

B13. Followed How to Vote card for H of R

b14

B14. Party box or own preferences for Senate

b15

B15. Thought of changing vote during campaign

b16p1

B16. Parties never vote for - No

b16p2

B16. Parties never vote for - Yes, Liberal

b16p3

B16. Parties never vote for - Yes, Labor

b16p4

B16. Parties never vote for - Yes, National

b16p5

B16. Parties never vote for - Yes, Greens

b16p6

B16. Parties never vote for - Yes, another party/independent

b17

B17. Vote in House of Representatives in 2004

b18p1

B18. How probable ever vote Liberal

b18p2

B18. How probable ever vote Labor

b18p3

B18. How probable ever vote National

b18p4

B18. How probable ever vote Greens

b19p1

B19. Previous vote - always same

b19p2

B19. Previous vote - sometimes Liberal

b19p3

B19. Previous vote - sometimes Labor

b19p4

B19. Previous vote - sometimes National

b19p5

B19. Previous vote - sometimes Democrats

b19p6

B19. Previous vote - sometimes Greens

b19p7

B19. Previous vote - sometimes other party/independent

b19p8

B19. Previous vote - not before this election

b20

B20. Elections ensure all voters represented

b21p1

B21. Party represents your views best - Liberal Party

b21p2

B21. Party represents your views best - Labor Party (ALP)

b21p3

B21. Party represents your views best - National Party

b21p4

B21. Party represents your views best - Greens

b21p5

B21. Party represents your views best - Other party

b21p6

B21. Party represents your views best - No party represents well

b22

B22. Feel closer to one party than others

b23

B23. Party leader represents your views best

b24

B24. Political parties care what people think

b25

B25. Political parties make system work

b26lib

B26. Feelings about Liberal Party

b26alp

B26. Feelings about Labor Party

b26nat

B26. Feelings about National Party

b26grn

B26. Feelings about Greens

c1howard

C1. Feelings about John Howard

c1rudd

C1. Feelings about Kevin Rudd

c1vaile

C1. Feelings about Mark Vaile

c1brown

C1. Feelings about Bob Brown

c1costel

C1. Feelings about Peter Costello

c1gillar

C1. Feelings about Julia Gillard

c2jhint

C2. John Howard intelligent

c2jhcmps

C2. John Howard compassionate

c2jhcmpt

C2. John Howard competent

c2jhsen

C2. John Howard sensible

c2jhlea

C2. John Howard provides strong leadership

c2jhhon

C2. John Howard honest

c2jhkno

C2. John Howard knowledgeable

c2jhins

C2. John Howard inspiring

c2jhtru

C2. John Howard trustworthy

c3krint

C3. Kevin Rudd intelligent

c3krcmps

C3. Kevin Rudd compassionate

c3krcmpt

C3. Kevin Rudd competent

c3krsen

C3. Kevin Rudd sensible

c3krlea

C3. Kevin Rudd provides strong leadership

c3krhon

C3. Kevin Rudd honest

c3krkno

C3. Kevin Rudd knowledgeable

c3krins

C3. Kevin Rudd inspiring

c3krtru

C3. Kevin Rudd trustworthy

c4

C4. Fed Politicians know what people think

c5

C5. Doesn't make a difference who in power

c6

C6. Doesn't make a difference who vote for

c7

C7. Satisfied with Aust democracy

c8

C8. Government looks after themselves

c9

C9. Government run by big interests

c10

C10. Performance of govt in Canb 3 yrs

c11p1

C11. 5 yrs done to express views-contact official

c11p2

C11. 5 yrs done to express views-protest/march

c11p3

C11. 5 yrs done to express views-work with like others

c11p4

C11. 5 yrs done to express views-signed written petition

c11p5

C11. 5 yrs done to express views-signed electronic petition

c12p1

C12. Strong leader who doesn't bother with parliament

c12p2

C12. Experts, not government, make decisions

c12p3

C12. Having the army rule

c12p4

C12. Having a democratic political system

d1tax

D1. Importance of taxation

d1immig

D1. Importance of immigration

d1educ

D1. Importance of education

d1envir

D1. Importance of environment

d1indrel

D1. Importance of industrial relations

d1health

D1. Importance of health and Medicare

d1defenc

D1. Importance of defence, national security

d1global

D1. Importance of global warming

d1water

D1. Importance of management of water

d1unemp

D1. Importance of unemployment

d1aborig

D1. Importance of treatment of Aborigines

d1inter

D1. Importance of interest rates

d1iraq

D1. Importance of the war in Iraq

d1terror

D1. Importance of terrorism

d2tax

D2. Party closest to own view taxation

d2immig

D2. Party closest to own view immigration

d2educ

D2. Party closest to own view education

d2envir

D2. Party closest to own view environment

d2indrel

D2. Party closest to own view industrial relations

d2health

D2. Party closest to own view health and Medicare

d2defenc

D2. Party closest to own view defence, national security

d2global

D2. Party closest to own view global warming

d2water

D2. Party closest to own view management of water

d2unemp

D2. Party closest to own view unemployment

d2aborig

D2. Party closest to own view treatment of Aborigines

d2inter

D2. Party closest to own view interest rates

d2iraq

D2. Party closest to own view the war in Iraq

d2terror

D2. Party closest to own view terrorism

d3p1

D3. Most important issue during election campaign

d3p2

D3. Second important issue during election campaign

d4p1

D4. Most important political problem facing Australia

d4p2

D4. Second important political problem facing Australia

d5p1

D5. Party best to deal with most important political problem

d5p2

D5. Party best to deal with second important political problem

d6hhold

D6. Financial situation of hhold now to 1 yr ago

d6cntry

D6. Economic situation country now to 1 yr ago

d7hhold

D7. Effect of govt policies on hhold situation

d7cntry

D7. Effect of govt policies on country situation

d8hhold

D8. Financial situation of hhold in 1 yr

d8cntry

D8. Economic situation country in 1 yr

d9hhold

D9. Effect of govt policies on hhold situation in 1 yr

d9cntry

D9. Effect of govt policies on country situation in 1 yr

d10

D10. Worry that hhold member will unemployed next 12 months

d11

D11. How easy to get a job

d12

D12. Job availability better in past or future

d13

D13. How worried about increases in interest rates

d14p1

D14. Unemployment since 2004 Fed election

d14p2

D14. Prices since 2004 Federal election

d14p3

D14. Taxes since 2004 Federal election

d14p4

D14. Standard of health services since 2004 Fed election

d14p5

D14. Quality of education since 2004 Fed election

d14p6

D14. Quality of indust rels since 2004 Fed election

d14p7

D14. Own standard of living since 2004 Fed election

d14p8

D14. General standard of living since 2004 Fed election

d15p1

D15. High tax makes peoples less willing to work

d15p2

D15. Trade unions have too much power

d15p3

D15. Big business has too much power

d15p4

D15. Income and wealth should be redistributed

d15p5

D15. Private schools offer better education than public

d15p6

D15. Stricter laws to regulate trade unions

d16

D16. Know about WorkChoices changes

d17

D17. Approve WorkChoices changes

d18

D18. Australia participate in Kyoto agreement

d19

D19. Will global warming pose serious threat to way of life

d20

D20. How likely to join any environmental groups

d21p1

D21. Environmental proposal higher emission standards for cars

d21p2

D21. Environmental proposal build nuclear power stations

d21p3

D21. Environmental proposal higher emission standards for business

d21p4

D21. Environmental proposal desalination plants

d21p5

D21. Environmental proposal developing solar and wind power

e1

E1. Choice between taxes and social services

e2migeo

E2. Equal opportunities for migrants

e2nudsex

E2. Nudity & sex in films and magazines

e2abland

E2. Aboriginal land rights

e2equop

E2. Equal opportunities for women

e2immig

E2. No. of migrants allowed into Australia

e2abor

E2. Government help for aborigines

e2asia

E2. Building closer links with Asia

e2arms

E2. Government controls on firearms

e2terror

E2. Aust support fight against terrorism

e3

E3. Feelings about abortion

e4

E4. Feelings about same sex marriage

e5deathp

E5. Death penalty reintroduced for murder

e5marij

E5. Decriminalise smoking of marijuana

e5lawbrk

E5. Stiffer sentences if break law

e5pollut

E5. Stronger measures against pollution

e5pref

E5. Women given preferential treatment

e5opp

E5. Increase business opportunities for women

e5nuclea

E5. Nuclear energy a real necessity

e5uraniu

E5. Australia should mine uranium

e6p1

E6. Government generous to unemployed people

e6p2

E6. Government generous to working couples w children

e6p3

E6. Government generous to single parents

e6p4

E6. Government generous to retired people no super

e6p5

E6. Government generous to aboriginal people unemployed

e6p6

E6. Government generous to people investing in super

e6p7

E6. Government generous to people receiving disability payments

e6p8

E6. Government generous to people caring for sick relative

e6p9

E6. Government generous to people taking out private health cover

e6p10

E6. Government generous to new immigrants to Australia

e6p11

E6. Government generous to people buy first home

e7p1

E7. Deserve govt help unemployed people

e7p2

E7. Deserve govt help working couples w children

e7p3

E7. Deserve govt help single parents

e7p4

E7. Deserve govt help retired people no super

e7p5

E7. Deserve govt help aboriginal people unemployed

e7p6

E7. Deserve govt help people investing in super

e7p7

E7. Deserve govt help people receiving disability payments

e7p8

E7. Deserve govt help people caring for sick relative

e7p9

E7. Deserve govt help people taking out private health cover

e7p10

E7. Deserve govt help new immigrants to Australia

e7p11

E7. Deserve govt help people buy first home

e8p1

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Family payments

e8p2

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Unemployment

e8p3

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Age pension

e8p4

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Disability support

e8p5

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Private health insurance rebate

e8p6

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Child care benefit

e8p7

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Baby bonus

e8p8

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Single parent payment

e8p9

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Parenting payment

e8p10

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Youth allowance

e8p11

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - First home owner grant

e8p12

E8. Received benefits 5 yrs - Other

e9p1

E9. Aims 10yrs 1-First choice

e9p2

E9. Aims 10yrs 1-Second choice

e10p1

E10. Aims 10yrs 2-First choice

e10p2

E10. Aims 10yrs 2-Second choice

e11p1

E11. Aims 10yrs 3-First choice

e11p2

E11. Aims 10yrs 3-Second choice

e12p1

E12. Overwhelmed by precautions for health risks

e12p2

E12. Trust medical specialists to make right decisions

e12p3

E12. Globalisation increase number of different health risks

e12p4

E12. Ordinary people need to keep up with scientific advances

e12p5

E12. People more anxious about health risks

e12p6

E12. I try to find out as much as possible before medical procedures

f1

F1. United States alliance under ANZUS

f2

F2. If Australia threatened trust US come to defence

f3japan

F3. Japan threat to Aust. security

f3us

F3. United States threat to Aust. security

f3china

F3. China threat to Aust. security

f3vietn

F3. Vietnam threat to Aust. security

f3malay

F3. Malaysia threat to Aust. security

f3indon

F3. Indonesia threat to Aust. security

f4

F4. Government spend more on defence

f5p1

F5. Aust defence stronger than 10 yrs ago

f5p2

F5. Acts of terror in Aust in the future

f5p3

F5. Security agreements between Aust and Indon

f5p4

F5. Aust would be able to defend itself

f5p5

F5. Freedom of speech not extend to terrorists

f5p6

F5. Police search terrorists without court order

f5p7

F5. Aust trading future lies with Asia

f5p8

F5. Aust provide military for war on terrorism

f6

F6. Approve of way Howard handled war in Iraq

f7

F7. War in Iraq been worth the cost

f8

F8. Threat of terrorism against Australia increased

f9

F9. Govt doing all can to prevent terror attacks in Aust

f10

F10. How concerned being victim of terror attack

f11

F11. How concerned major terror attack near future

f12

F12. Number of immigrants increased

f13p1

F13. Immigrants increase crime

f13p2

F13. Immigrants good for economy

f13p3

F13. Immigrants take jobs from Aust

f13p4

F13. Immigrants make Aust more open

f14p1

F14. Immigrants not citizens can still committed to Aust

f14p2

F14. Immigrants don't have to speak English

f14p3

F14. Immigrants must speak English when with Australians

f14p4

F14. Immigrants here illegally not allowed to stay

f14p5

F14. Immigrants can be selective about first job

f14p6

F14. Immigrants speak English in own homes

f14p7

F14. Immigrants treat women as equals in own home

f14p8

F14. Immigrants treat women according to own culture

f14p9

F14. Immigrants enter legally just like other Aust

f14p10

F14. Immigrants educate selves about culture of new country

f15

F15. Most people can be trusted

f16

F16. Importance of Queen

f17

F17. Australia a republic

f18

F18. Head of republic from voters

f19

F19. Proud to be Australian

f20

F20. Own shares in Australian stock exchange

f21p1

F21. Quiz - Australia became federation in 1901

f21p2

F21. Quiz - 75 members of House of Reps

f21p3

F21. Quiz - Constitution changed by High Court

f21p4

F21. Quiz - Elections to Senate proportional

f21p5

F21. Quiz - No-one stands unless pay deposit

f21p6

F21. Quiz - Longest time between Fed elections 4 years

g1

G1. Age left school

g2

G2. No. years tertiary education

g3

G3. Highest qualification since leaving school

g4

G4. Occupation last week

g5you

G5. Secondary school attended - You

g5child

G5. Secondary school attended - Child

g6

G6. Occupation (ANZSCO 2 digit)

xg6

G6. Extended-Occupation (ANZSCO 2 digit)

g6pos

G6. Position in organisation

g6employ

G6. Employer

g6superv

G6. Supervisory responsibility

g7

G7. Belong to a trade union

h1

H1. Sex

h2

H2. Year of birth

h3own

H3. Country of birth

xh3own

H3. Extended-Country of birth

h3mum

H3. Mothers country of birth

xh3mum

H3. Extended-Mothers country of birth

h3dad

H3. Fathers country of birth

xh3dad

H3. Extended-Fathers country of birth

h4

H4. Year came to Australia

h5dad

H5. Fathers party ID at 14

h5mum

H5. Mothers party ID at 14

h6

H6. Religion

xh6

H6. Extended-Religion

h7

H7. Religious attendance

h8

H8. Marital status

h9

H9. Own, buying or rent home

h10

H10. How often use internet

h11

H11. When start using internet

h12p1

H12. Use internet to become more involved with groups

h12p2

H12. Use internet to interact share hobbies

h12p3

H12. Use internet to interact share religion

h12p4

H12. Use internet to interact share political beliefs

h12p5

H12. Use internet to interact ethnic backgrounds

h12p6

H12. Use internet to interact different ages

h12p7

H12. Use internet to interact other countries

h12p8

H12. Use internet to interact family and friends

h13

H13. Last month how often communication with friends email/internet

h14

H14. Social class

h15

H15. Live rural or urban

h16

H16. Gross annual income

h17

H17. Spouse working now

h18

H18. Spouse Occupation (ANZSCO 2 digit)

xh18

H18. Extended-Spouse Occupation (ANZSCO 2 digit)

h19

H19. Spouse employer

h20

H20. Does spouse supervise people at work

h21

H21. Spouse member of trade union

h22

H22. Spouse party identification

xh22

H22. Extended-Spouse party identification

state

State

elecdiv

Electoral Division

pcode

RESTRICTED VARIABLE: Postcode

region

Region

statemap

State mapping variable

Source

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

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