Dataset ID:  au.edu.anu.assda.ddi.01127

Dataset name:  The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2007

Abstract
The 2007 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is the third in a biennial series that studies social attitudes and behaviour of Australian citizens for the Australian and international research community. AuSSA provides cross-sectional data on the social attitudes and behaviour of Australians, repeating a core questionnaire for each cross-section and fielding specific modules relevant to the changing needs of the social research community. AuSSA is Australia's official survey in the International Social Survey Program and regularly includes ISSP modules. AuSSA 2007 uses three survey instruments (Version A, B and C) and includes both the ISSP's Role of Government and Leisure Time and Sports modules.

The 2007 Survey includes attitudes and behaviours that are organised into thirty-five categories: Describing Australia; Leisure Time and Sports; Environment; Role of Government; Crime and Criminal Justice; Risk; Law and Authority; Politics and Media; Culture; Magistrates Court; Geographical Identity; Retirement; Industrial Relations; Culture and Society; Private Health Insurance; Place of Residence; Collective Memory; Financial Future; Religious Attitudes; Ned Kelly; Aboriginality; Government Regulation; Engagement with Asia; Work; Homelessness; The Sacred; Gender; IVF Technology and Sex Selection; Loneliness; Global Networks; Shopping; Politics and Society; Terrorism; People in General; and Membership of Organisations.

AuSSA 2007 also includes demographic and behavioural categories (Personal Background and Your Partner) that survey: sex, year born, income, education, employment, union membership, languages spoken, birthplace, household composition and religion. Also included are questions about the partner of the respondent: employment, highest-level of education and income.

Topic categories
Australian studies
Sociology, Culture
Social attitudes, values and behaviour

Keywords:  Aborigines;  Abortion;  Attitudes;  Australia;  Crime;  Culture;  Defence;  Economics;  Education;  Elections;  Employment;  Environment;  Family;  Health insurance;  Health services;  Human relations;  Income;  Law;  Living standards;  Nationalism;  Political parties;  Politics;  Public administration;  Retirement;  Social classes;  Taxation;  Terrorism;  Unemployment;  Values;  Working conditions

Principal investigators
Phillips, Timothy  (The Australian National University)
Mitchell, Deborah  (The Australian National University)
Tranter, Bruce  (University of Tasmania)
Clark, Juliet  (Deakin University)
Reed, Ken  (Deakin University)

Last data collection date:  28 November 2007

Country
Australia

Universe
Persons on the 2007 Australian electoral roll

Kind of data
survey

Time method
Cross-sectional (one time) study - partial replication

Sampling procedure
The sample comprised of 20,000 respondents selected at random from the Australian Electoral Roll.

Mode of data collection
self-completion (mail out - mail back)