Australian Election Study, 1990

The Australian Election Study 1990 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.

《1990年澳大利亚选举研究》是始于1987年的系列研究之第二部，承接了1967年和1979年澳大利亚政治态度调查的早期数据。该系列研究提供了对澳大利亚选民政治态度和行为长期稳定与变化的视角，并探究了随着经济和社会的现代化及转型，澳大利亚政治的社会基础如何发生变化。除了这些长期视角，研究还审视了选举中普遍存在的政治议题，并评估其对选举结果的重要性。调查涵盖了两大主题：经济和环境。关于经济的提问涉及对国家经济和个人自身家庭经济状况的回顾性和前瞻性评估；对特定经济问题的态度；以及主要政党及其领导人在主要经济问题上的立场。关于环境的提问则包括对环境保护和环境问题的总体态度；产业和政府在确保环境保护中的作用；对最紧迫环境问题的排名以及受访者对未来重要性的评估；以及对环境压力和利益集团的态度，包括当前或可能的成员资格。如同1987年的AES调查，调查中还包括了一系列关于选举议题的问题，以及受访者对最能有效处理这些议题的政党的评估，以及关于政府开支和飞行员纠纷等具体政治问题的问题。社会政策部分包含了对大约30个当代社会和道德问题的提问，包括堕胎、原住民权利、色情、医疗保健等。工业政策部分则聚焦于对经济控制的态度、对工会的态度以及对大企业和工业冲突的态度。除了关于当前选举投票、1987年联邦选举的回忆投票和政党认同的标准问题外，调查还包括了对主要政党和政党领导人的广泛态度调查。最后，为每位受访者及其配偶或伴侣（如适用）收集了一系列人口统计数据。