Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2019

The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. It produces important information about the changing views and attitudes of Australians as we move through the 21st century. Similar surveys are run in other countries, so data from the AuSSA also allows us to compare Australia with countries all over the world. The aims of the survey are to discover: the range of Australians’ views on topics that are important to all of us; how these views differ for people in different circumstances; how they have changed over the past quarter century; and how they compare with people in other countries. AuSSA is also the Australian component of the International Social Survey Project (ISSP). The ISSP is a cross-national collaboration on surveys covering important topics. Each year, survey researchers in some 40 countries each do a national survey using the same questions. The ISSP focuses on a special topic each year, repeating that topic from time to time. The topic for the 2019 survey is "Social Inequality". This is the fifth time this has been the topic of the survey, having previously been the theme for the survey in 1987, 1992, 1999 and 2009.

澳大利亚社会态度调查（Australian Survey of Social Attitudes，AuSSA）是澳大利亚开展民众社会态度、信念与舆论科学研究的核心数据来源，可用于探究澳大利亚民众的相关认知随时间的演变轨迹，以及其与其他社会的对比情况。该调查旨在助力研究者更深入地理解澳大利亚民众对自身生活的所思所感，产出反映21世纪以来澳大利亚民众观念与态度变迁的重要信息。其他国家亦开展了同类调查项目，因此借助AuSSA的数据，可实现澳大利亚与全球多国的对比分析。本次调查的目标在于揭示：澳大利亚民众在大众关切议题上的观点分布；不同处境人群的观点差异；过去25年间这些观点的演变历程；以及与他国民众观点的对比情况。AuSSA同时是国际社会调查项目（International Social Survey Project，ISSP）的澳大利亚组成部分。ISSP是一项覆盖重要议题的跨国合作调查项目，每年约有40个国家的调查研究者采用统一问卷开展本国调查。ISSP每年聚焦一个特定主题，并会定期重复该主题的调研。2019年该项目的调查主题为“社会不平等”，这已是该主题第五次被选为调查主题，此前1987年、1992年、1999年与2009年的调查均以此为主题。