Australian Gallup Polls, November 1980

Topics include: retail trading on Saturday afternoons; whether private health insurance funds provide value for money; whether the respondent is covered by a private health insurance fund; who is the most effective State Premier in Australia; whether the respondent approves of the job performance of the State Premier; whether organised crime has increased over the past ten years; whether the respondent believes the allegations that some parliamentarians in his State are associated with organised crime; whether the cost of Federal and State political election campaigns should be funded from taxation money rather than from donations; 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 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.