Mapping Social Cohesion Survey, 2017

Scanlon Foundation national surveys provide a series of detailed surveys on social cohesion, immigration and population issues. The surveys provide a reference point to understand pattern and extent of change, of the views held within the mainstream and within minorities. This 2017 Social Cohesion Survey involved 1,506 adults (aged 18 years and over), stratified by State/Territory and capital city / non-capital city. A dual-frame sample methodology was used involving two separate sample frames; one drawn from randomly generated (RDD) landline telephone numbers and a second drawn from randomly generated mobile phone numbers. The study covered a variety of topics, including economic conditions, political participation, socio-cultural attitudes, discrimination, local communities, and voluntary work. The questionnaire included 18 questions that are used for calculation of the Scanlon - Monash Index of Social Cohesion. In the 2017 Social Cohesion Survey, the telephone interviews of the National Survey (n=1,506) and Queensland residents (additional sample n=730 to achieve a total number of 1,000 respondents) were conducted within the one project, using the same methodology. This data file includes the National Survey respondents only.