Australian Election Study, 2004

The 2004 Australian Election Study is the seventh 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 2004 survey replicates many questions from the previous Australian Election Studies, but also introduces a variety of new questions including a section on political and global issues. 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 the immigration, refugees and asylum seekers, 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.

2004年澳大利亚选举研究是自1987年起开展的一系列调查中的第七次，这些调查旨在与澳大利亚联邦选举同步进行。该系列研究亦承继了1967年、1969年和1979年的澳大利亚政治态度调查。澳大利亚选举研究旨在提供对澳大利亚选民的政治态度和行为长期稳定与变化的视角，并探讨随着经济和社会的现代化与转型，澳大利亚政治的社会基础所发生的变迁。除了这些长期目标之外，研究还审视选举中的主要政治议题，并评估其对选举结果的重要性。2004年的调查复现了先前澳大利亚选举研究中的许多问题，同时也引入了多个新问题，包括关于政治和全球议题的部分。其他部分则涵盖了受访者对选举运动和政局的兴趣、他们的过去和现在政治归属、对政党及候选人的评价、在各个选举议题上与政党的立场一致度、对当前经济状况的评价、对一系列选举议题的态度，包括移民、难民和寻求庇护者、恐怖主义、税收、失业率和利率、对环境和防务相关议题的态度，以及对社会政策议题的各种观点，包括堕胎、平等机会、性别歧视以及政府对原住民的帮助。背景变量包括教育水平、就业状态、职业、雇主类型、工作场所中的职位、工会会员资格、性别、年龄、本人及父母的国家出生地、父母的政治偏好、宗教、婚姻状况、收入，以及适用的情况下，受访者的配偶的职业、工会会员资格和政治偏好。