THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTION STUDY, 2001
USER'S GUIDE FOR THE MACHINE-READABLE DATA FILE (ASSDA STUDY No.1048)

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Australian Election Study, 2001: user's guide for the machine-readable data file.

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1. Australian election study, 1998. 2. Elections - Australia - Data processing - Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Computer files - Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. Australia - Politics and Government - 1998 - Public opinion - Data processing. I. Bean, Clive. II. Gow, David (David John). III. McAllister, Ian. IV. Australian National University. Australian Social Science Data Archive. (Series: ASSDA study; no. 1001).
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All manuscripts using this data file should contain the following citation:

Australian Election Study, 2001 [computer file] / Principal Investigators Clive Bean, David Gow and Ian McAllister. Canberra: Australian Social Science Data Archive, The Australian National University [distributor], 2002. 1 data file (2010 logical records) + accompanying user's guide.

Summary: The 2001 Australian Election Study is the sixth in a series of surveys beginning in 1987 that have been timed to coincide with Australian Federal elections. The series also builds on the 1967, 1969 and 1979 Australian Political Attitudes Surveys. The Australian Election Studies aim to provide a long-term perspective on stability and change in the political attitudes and behaviour of the Australian electorate, and investigate the changing social bases of Australian politics as the economy and society modernise and change character. In addition to these long-term goals they examine the political issues prevalent in the election and assess their importance for the election result.

The 2001 survey replicates many questions from the previous Australian Election Studies, but also introduces a variety of new questions including a section on political and social institutions. Other sections cover the respondent's interest in the election campaign and politics, their past and present political affiliation, evaluation of parties and candidates, alignment with parties on various election issues, evaluation of the current economic situation, attitudes to a range of election issues including the immigration, refugees and asylum seekers, terrorism, taxation, unemployment, and workers entitlements, attitudes to issues relating to the environment and defence, assessment of the current level of racial prejudice operating in Australia today, and opinions on various social policy issues including abortion, equal opportunities, sex discrimination, and government assistance to Aborigines.

Background variables include level of education, employment status, occupation, type of employer, position at workplace, trade union membership, sex, age, own and parents' country of birth, parents' political preferences, religion, marital status, income, and where applicable, the occupation, trade union membership and political preference of the respondent's spouse.

All manuscripts based in whole or in part on these data should:

(i) identify the data and original investigators by including the bibliographic reference for the data file given on the reverse of the title page;

(ii) acknowledge the Australian Social Science Data Archive and, where the data are made available through the Australian Social Science Data Archive by another archive, acknowledge that archive;

(iii) declare that those who carried out the original analysis and collection of the data bear no responsibility for the further analysis or interpretation of them.

In order to assemble essential information about the use of archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about users' research activities, individuals are requested to deposit two copies of each completed manuscript, thesis abstract, or reprint to the Australian Social Science Data Archive.

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