D0369: Northern Territory post election survey, 1983

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(s)
Dean Jaensch, Flinders University. Peter
Loveday, Australian National University

ABSTRACT
This is a study of voters and voting behaviour of urban
voters in the 1983 Northern Territory election. The survey was
conducted immediately after the election. Some questions were designed
to allow comparison with the results of the Northern Territory Urban
Voters Survey, 1982 [ASSDA Study No. 368].

Topics include perceived problems to be dealt with by the Northern
Territory Government; voting behaviour in the election just held and
in previous territory and federal elections; attitudes towards
territory and federal political parties and their policies, in
particular their aboriginal policies; future federal voting intention;
attitude towards social class structure and class mobility in the
Northern Territory; economic development in the Northern Territory.
Background variables include work status; occupation; employer status;
education level; age; religion; sex; period of residence in the
Northern Territory and current town of residence.

SUBJECT TERMS
Aboriginal land rights; Elections; Northern Territory:
Politics and government; Political parties

UNIVERSE SAMPLED
urban residents, aged 18 and over in Darwin,
Katherine, Nhulunbuy and Alice Springs

SAMPLING PROCEDURE
simple random sample

METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
self-completion (mail out, mail back)

DIMENSIONS OF DATA SET
 number of cases: 846
 number of variables per case: 50
 number of cards per case: 1

PUBLICATIONS
Loveday, Peter and Dean Jaensch (eds). A landslide
election: the Northern Territory 1983. Darwin: Australian National
University, North Australia Research Unit, 1983.

Jaensch, Dean and Peter Loveday (eds). Territorians or mobile
Australians: a profile of the urban electorate. Darwin: Australian
National University, North Australia Research Unit, 1983.

START YEAR: 1983
END YEAR: 1983

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: Australia