The 2007 Australian Election Study

TypeActivity
Activity TypeProject
Access PrivilegesAustralian Election Study
TitleThe 2007 Australian Election Study
Alternate TitleAustralian Election Study 2007
Funding BodyThe Australian National University
Date activity began2007
Date the activity ended2007
Brief DescriptionThe Australian Election Study (AES) is based on a national, post-election, self-completion survey which collects data on the Australian public. It aims to provide long-term perspective on political attitudes and behaviour, investigate the changing social bases of the electorate, and examine prevalent election issues.
Full DescriptionThe Australian Election Study (AES) is designed to collect data for academic research on Australian public opinion and behaviour during federal elections. It is based on a national, post-election, self-completion survey consisting mainly of multiple choice questions. The survey has been carried out since 1987, and builds on the data collected earlier in the 1967, 1969 and 1979 Australian Political Attitudes Surveys.

The AES aims to provide a long-term perspective on stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate, to investigate the changing social bases of Australian politics as the economy and society modernise and change character, and to examine the political issues prevalent in the election and assess their importance for election results.

In some cases, questions are repeated in each survey so that trends can be observed over a long period of time. However, in each survey there are always new sets of questions or modules added to gauge public opinion on contemporary social and political issues in Australia.

The sample for the 2007 study was stratified, systematic and random. A sample of electors for all Australia was drawn from the Commonwealth Electoral Roll by the Australian Electoral Commission following the close of rolls for the 2007 election. The Commission supplied name and address information only, to be used only for this study. The sample was selected to be proportional to the population on a state by state basis.
Contact EmailIan.McAllister@anu.edu.au
Contact AddressSchool of Politics and International Relations
Research School of Social Sciences
Building 22, Haydon-Allen Building
The Australian National University
ACT 0200 Australia
Contact Phone Number+61 (0)2 6125 5553
Contact Fax Number+61 (0)2 6125 3051
Website Addresshttp://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au
Fields of Research1606 - Political Science
160601 - Australian Government and Politics
Socio-Economic Objective9402 - Government and Politics
KeywordsAustralia
Defence
Economic policy
Elections
Employment
Environment
Immigration
International relations
National identity
Political parties
Politicians
Politics
Public opinion
Social issues
Social policy
Survey
Voting behaviour
Type of Research ActivityPure basic research
Publications

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Uniform Resource Identifier
Identifier Value
http://www.ada.edu.au/documents/aes-trends-pdf
Publication Reference
Ian McAllister and Sarah Cameron. Trends in Australian Political Opinion: results from the Australian Election Study, 1987-2013. Canberra: The Australian National University. 2014.
Related Websites
URLTitle
http://aes.anu.edu.au/Australian Election Study
http://www.ada.edu.au/ada/01120Link to 2007 Australian Electoral Study related materials
http://aes.anu.edu.au/publicationsAustralian Election Study - related publications of interest
http://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/staff/mcallister/pubs/Outline%20of%20AES%20surveys.pdfThe Australian Election Study: An Overview by Ian McAllister
http://www.ada.edu.au/social-science/browse/politics-and-elections/australian-election-studyAustralian Data Archive catalog records
Status: Published
Published To:
- Australian National Data Service
- Australian National University
Identifier: anudc:4863
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