Australian Election Study, 1993

The 1993 Australian Election Study is the third in a series of surveys beginning in 1987 which 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 1993 survey replicates many questions from the 1987 and 1990 Australian Election Studies, but also introduces a variety of new questions including a section on foreign affairs and defence, and attitudes to Federal and State government. As in previous surveys, other sections covered 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 economic situation and economic policies, attitudes to a range of environmental issues, and attitudes to contemporary social policy issues including equal opportunity, censorship, migration, assistance for aborigines, abortion, criminal law, expenditure on social services, the monarchy and the Australian flag. Background variables covered include level of education, employment status, occupation, type of employer, position at workplace, trade union membership, sex, year and place of birth, parents' birthplaces, parents' political preferences, father's occupation, length of residence in state or territory, religion, marital status, number of children, income, and where applicable, the occupation, trade union membership and political preference of the respondent's spouse.

1993年澳大利亚选举研究系列调查始于1987年，旨在与澳大利亚联邦选举同步进行，该系列调查继承了1967年、1969年和1979年的澳大利亚政治态度调查。澳大利亚选举研究致力于为澳大利亚选民的政治态度和行为变化提供长期视角，并探究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如何变化。除了这些长期目标外，研究还分析了选举中的主要政治议题，并评估其对选举结果的重要性。1993年的调查复现了1987年和1990年澳大利亚选举研究中的许多问题，同时引入了包括外交事务和国防、联邦和州政府态度等在内的多种新问题。与之前的调查一样，其他部分涵盖了受访者对选举活动和政治的兴趣、他们的过去和现在政治归属、对政党及候选人的评估、在各项选举问题上的政党立场、对经济状况和经济政策的评估、对一系列环境问题的态度，以及对当代社会政策问题的态度，包括平等机会、审查制度、移民、对原住民的援助、堕胎、刑法、社会服务支出、君主制和澳大利亚国旗。背景变量包括教育水平、就业状态、职业、雇主类型、工作场所职位、工会会员资格、性别、出生年份和地点、父母出生地、父母的政治偏好、父亲的职业、在州或地区的居住年限、宗教、婚姻状况、子女数量，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。