1975 New Zealand Post-election Survey

The 1975 post-election study was the first major nation-wide survey carried out by New Zealand political scientists. It gathered information about attitudes towards various 1975 election issues, as well as towards other matters - including attitudes towards the then obscure subject of ANZUS - which had not hitherto been surveyed as they were not subjects of partisan controversy. The study also collected information about factors involved in party identification and voting behaviour, including variables associated with changes in voting preference from one election to the next. Opinions were sought also on such issues as immigration, abortion, wages for mothers, sex education, abortion, sporting links with South Africa, nuclear power to meet energy requirements, homosexualtiy and the law, the economy, industrial relations, farming, institutional change, the Queen as Head of State, Maori seats in Parliament, referenda, local problems, and feelings about the future. Background variables include: gender, age, marital status, number of offspring, occupation, income, country/region of origin, racial background, religious affiliations and observance, education, and vote in previous election.