The 1990 Australian Election Study

The 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. For the 1990 study, The Australian Electoral Office provided a systematic random sample of electors from its computerised electoral role. The sample of 3277 electors was made by selecting 1 in 2989 from the roll, distributed proportionately across States and Territories and Electoral Divisions, excluding South Australia. A supplementary sample of 330 cases was selected manually from the alphabetical microfiche list of electors in South Australia, again using the sample fraction of 1 in 2989 persons.
Type
Activity
Activity Type
Project
Access Privileges
Australian Election Study
Title
The 1990 Australian Election Study
Alternate Title
Australian Election Study 1990
Funding Body
The Australian National University
Date activity began
1990
Date the activity ended
1990
Brief Description
The 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 Description
The 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. For the 1990 study, The Australian Electoral Office provided a systematic random sample of electors from its computerised electoral role. The sample of 3277 electors was made by selecting 1 in 2989 from the roll, distributed proportionately across States and Territories and Electoral Divisions, excluding South Australia. A supplementary sample of 330 cases was selected manually from the alphabetical microfiche list of electors in South Australia, again using the sample fraction of 1 in 2989 persons.
Contact Email
Ian.McAllister@anu.edu.au
Contact Address
School 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 Address
http://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au
Fields of Research
1606 - Political Science; 160601 - Australian Government and Politics
Socio-Economic Objective
9402 - Government and Politics
Keywords
Australia; Economic policy; Education; Elections; Employment; Environment; Industrial relations; Political parties; Politicians; Politics; Public opinion; Social issues; Social policy; Survey; Voting behaviour
Type of Research Activity
Pure basic research
Publications
http://www.ada.edu.au/documents/aes-trends-pdf
Ian McAllister and Sarah Cameron. Trends in Australian Political Opinion: results from the Australian Election Study, 1987-2013. Canberra: The Australian National University. 2014.
uri
0582870313
Bean, Clive et al. ed. The Greening of Australian Politics: the 1990 Federal Election. Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1990.
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Related Websites
Australian Election Study
http://aes.anu.edu.au/
Questionnaire used in the 1990 Australian Electoral Study survey
http://ada.edu.au/ADAData/questionnaires/ADA.QUESTIONNAIRE.00570.pdf.zips/default/files/1990_questionnaire.pdf
Australian Election Study
http://aes.anu.edu.au/publications
The Australian Election Study: An Overview by Ian McAllister
http://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/staff/mcallister/pubs/Outline%20of%20AES%20surveys.pdf
Australian Election Study Codebooks
http://ada.edu.au/ADAData/codebooks/ADA.CODEBOOK.00570.rtf.zip
Australian Data Archive catalog records
http://www.ada.edu.au/social-science/browse/politics-and-elections/australian-election-study
Status: Published
Published to:
  • Australian National University
  • Australian National Data Service
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