Australian Gallup Polls, July 1980

Topics include: railway service; Federal Government's import parity policy on oil; opinion on voluntary versus compulsory oil conservation measures; opinion on government versus private schools; whether the Federal Government should give financial assistance to private schools; the preferred candidate in the 1980 Presidential election in the United States; 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.