Lowy Institute Climate Poll 2022

The Lowy Institute fielded questions in a nationally representative online and telephone survey conducted by the SRC between 14 and 24 April 2022, with a sample size of 3583 Australian adults.

The survey was conducted by the Social Research Centre (SRC), using the Life in Australia™ panel – currently the only probability-based online panel in Australia. Members of the panel were randomly recruited via their landline or mobile telephone (rather than being self-selected volunteers) and agreed to provide their contact details to take part in surveys on a regular basis. SRC uses a mixed-mode approach for the panel, including online surveys (93 per cent of respondents) and computer-assisted telephone interviewing (7 per cent of respondents) to provide coverage of the offline population (households without internet access).

On a simple random sample of 3583 responses, the margin of error is approximately 1.6%. Where a complex sample is used, the ‘design effect’ measures the additional variance in comparison with a simple random sample. The design effect for this survey is estimated at 1.78.