Acquisition of Australian Citizenship, 1987

The principal objective of this study was to obtain information to assist the Department of Iimmigration to develop improved strategies to promote the acquisition of Australian citizenship by eligible migrants. Topic areas covered by the survey include: factors which motivate people to become Australian citizens; reasons which may be responsible for people not applying for citizenship; conscious decisions made not to apply for Australian citizenship; regrets and reasons for regrets in taking out citizenship; values attributed to citizenship by citizens and non-citizens; the extent to which people are aware of rights, privileges and benefits which are available to citizens; awareness and understanding of prerequisites for citizenship application; and the reaction of Australians to the granting of citizenship to migrants. Background variables include age, sex, occupation and labour force status, and education. This survey is stratified into three segments: i) migrants who had taken out Australian Citizenship ii) migrants who had NOT taken out Australian Citizenship iii) Control group of Australian born persons with both parents Australian born. This segment, Acquisition of Australian Citizenship, 1987: File a,au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.00580a relates to iii) Control group of Australian born persons with both parents Australian born.