Australian Gallup Polls, June 1981

Topics include: retirement age for men and women; mergers between major Australian banks and overseas banks competing with Australian banks in Australia; the Arbitration Commission's new wage indexation package; strikes by unions when they are not granted wage increases above indexation increases awarded by the Arbitration Commission; and for women, whether she is responsible for all or most of the household shopping, whether she is employed, and approximately how much money is spent weekly on food and groceries. Background variables include: age; sex; marital status; level of education; country of birth; household composition (number of persons in household, number children under age 5, number children between 5-12 years old, number children between 13 and 17 years old, age of the youngest person, and number of employed persons); whether respondent has moved in last two years; tenure of dwelling; occupation of self and head of household; voting enrolment; vote intention; income; and telephone ownership.