Mode of completion
1 = Hardcopy
2 = Online

Lodgement Group
1 = Mail 01 - Initial Questionnaire/Reminder Card
2 = Mail 02 - Reminder Questionnaire
3 = Mail 03 - Reminder Letter
4 = Mail 04 - Reminder Letter

State (from sample)
1 = NSW
2 = VIC
3 = QLD
4 = SA
5 = WA
6 = TAS
7 = NT
8 = ACT
9 = Other Territories

Flag -Survey has partial completion only - Online respondent
1 = Partial Complete

A1. Interest in politics
-1 = Missing
1 = A good deal
2 = Some
3 = Not much
4 = None

A2. Followed election news in the newspapers
-1 = Missing
1 = A good deal
2 = Some
3 = Not much
4 = None at all

A5. During election: discussed politics with others
-1 = Missing
1 = Frequently
2 = Occasionally
3 = Rarely
4 = Not at all

A6. Watched televised debate 11 August
-1 = Missing
1 = Yes
2 = No

A7. Who performed better in televised debate
-1 = Missing
1 = Rudd did much better
2 = Rudd did somewhat better
3 = About equal
4 = Abbott did somewhat better
5 = Abbott did much better

A8. Candidate persuade you to vote for them - No
-1 = Missing
0 = Unchecked
1 = Checked

A11. Should voting be compulsory
-1 = Missing
1 = Strongly favour compulsory voting
2 = Favour compulsory voting
3 = Favour people voting only if they want to
4 = Strongly favour people voting only if they want to

A12. Would you vote if voting not compulsory
-1 = Missing
1 = Definitely would have voted
2 = Probably would have voted
3 = Might, might not
4 = Probably not
5 = Definitely not

A13. How much confidence vote accurately recorded and counted - A paper ballot in a polling booth on election day
-1 = Missing
1 = A great deal of confidence
2 = Quite a lot of confidence
3 = Not very much confidence
4 = None at all

A14. Use internet to get news on 2013 election
-1 = Missing
1 = Yes, many times
2 = Yes, on several occasions
3 = Yes, once or twice
4 = ?
5 = Do not use/have access to internet

B1. Party identification
-1 = Missing
1 = Liberal
2 = Labor
3 = National (Country) Party
4 = Greens
5 = Other party (please specify)
6 = No party

B1. Extended-Party identification
-1 = Missing
1 = Liberal
2 = Labor
3 = National (Country) Party
4 = Greens
5 = Other party (please specify)
6 = No party
7 = Australian Democrats
8 = Christian Democratic Party
9 = Citizens Electoral Council
10 = Family First Party
11 = One Nation
12 = Republican Party
13 = Shooters Party
14 = Fishing Party
15 = Palmer's United Party
16 = Katter's Australia Party
17 = Liberal Democrats
18 = Motoring Enthusiasts Party
19 = Australian Sports Party
20 = The Australian Sex Party
21 = The Wikileaks Party
22 = Australian Christians
95 = Swing Voter
96 = Independent
97 = Other party (not specified)
98 = No party

B2. Strength of party identification
-1 = Missing
1 = Very strong supporter
2 = Fairly strong supporter
3 = Not very strong supporter

B3. Care which party wins election
-1 = Missing
1 = Cared a good deal
2 = Did not care very much
3 = Did not care at all

B4. When decided which way to vote
-1 = Missing
1 = A long time ago
2 = A few months ago, before election day was announced
3 = About the time the election was announced, on 4 August
4 = In the first few weeks of the campaign
5 = A few days before election day
6 = On election day

B5. Most important in vote decision
-1 = Missing
1 = The party leaders
2 = The policy issues
3 = The candidates in your electorate
4 = The parties taken as a whole

B6. Prefer when Govt controls both houses
-1 = Missing
1 = Much better when Government controls both
2 = Better when Government controls both
3 = ?
4 = Better when Government does not control the Senate
5 = Much better when Government does not control the Senate

B7. Difference between Labor and Liberal
-1 = Missing
1 = A good deal of difference between the parties
2 = Some difference between the parties
3 = Not much difference between the parties
4 = No difference between the parties

B8. Own left-right position
-1 = Missing
0 = Left - 0
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
10 = Right - 10

B9. Vote in House of Representatives
-1 = Missing
1 = Liberal Party
2 = Labor Party (ALP)
3 = National (Country) Party
4 = Greens
5 = Other (please specify party)
6 = Voted informal/Did not vote

B9. Extended - Vote in House of Representatives
-1 = Missing
1 = Liberal
2 = Labor
3 = National (Country) Party
4 = Greens
5 = Other party (please specify)
6 = Voted informal/did not vote
7 = Australian Democrats
8 = Christian Democratic Party
9 = Citizens Electoral Council
10 = Family First Party
11 = One Nation
12 = Republican Party
13 = Shooters Party
14 = Fishing Party
15 = Palmer's United Party
16 = Katter's Australia Party
17 = Liberal Democrats
18 = Motoring Enthusiasts Party
19 = Australian Sports Party
20 = The Australian Sex Party
21 = The Wikileaks Party
22 = Australian Christians
95 = Swing Voter
96 = Independent
97 = Other party (not specified)
98 = No party

B10. Preferences to in House of Reps
-1 = Missing
1 = Liberal-National Coalition
2 = Labor Party (ALP)
3 = Not sure/Don't know

B11. Followed How to Vote card for H of R
-1 = Missing
1 = ?
2 = Decided my own preferences

B12. Thought of changing vote during campaign
-1 = Missing
1 = No
2 = Yes, Liberal Party
3 = Yes, Labor Party (ALP)
4 = Yes, National (Country) Party
5 = Yes, Greens
6 = Yes, another party/independent

B13. Vote in House of Representatives in 2010
-1 = Missing
1 = Liberal Party
2 = Labor Party (ALP)
3 = National (Country) Party
4 = Greens
5 = Another party/independent
6 = Did not vote

B14. Previous vote - always same
-1 = Missing
1 = Always voted for the same party

B14. Previous vote - sometimes Liberal
-1 = Missing
2 = Sometimes voted Liberal

B14. Previous vote - sometimes Labor
-1 = Missing
3 = Sometimes voted Labor (ALP)

B14. Previous vote - sometimes National (Country)
-1 = Missing
4 = Sometimes voted National (Country)

B14. Previous vote - sometimes Greens
-1 = Missing
6 = Sometimes voted Greens

B14. Previous vote - sometimes other party/independent
-1 = Missing
7 = Sometimes voted for other party/independent

B14. Previous vote - not before this election
-1 = Missing
8 = Did not vote before this election

B15. Political parties care what people think
-1 = Missing
1 = Political parties in Australia care what ordinary people thi
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = ?

B16. Political parties make system work
-1 = Missing
1 = Political parties are necessary to make our political system
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = Political parties are not needed in Australia - 5

B17. Feelings about Liberal Party
-1 = Missing
0 = Strongly dislike - 0
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = Neutral - 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
10 = Strongly like - 10

C2. Kevin Rudd - Intelligent
-1 = Missing
1 = Extremely well
2 = Quite well
3 = Not too well
4 = Not well at all

C4. Satisfied with Aust democracy
-1 = Missing
1 = Very satisfied
2 = Fairly satisfied
3 = Not very satisfied
4 = Not at all satisfied

C5. Government looks after themselves
-1 = Missing
1 = Usually look after themselves
2 = Sometimes look after themselves
3 = Sometimes can be trusted to do the right thing
4 = Usually can be trusted to do the right thing

C6. Government run by big interests
-1 = Missing
1 = Entirely run for the big interests
2 = Mostly run for the big interests
3 = About half and half
4 = Mostly run for the benefit of all
5 = Entirely run for the benefit of all

C8. Fed Politicians know what people think
-1 = Missing
1 = Federal politicians know what ordinary people think - 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = ?

C9. Doesn't make a difference who in power
-1 = Missing
1 = It makes a big difference who is in power - 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = ?

C10. Doesn't make a difference who vote for
-1 = Missing
1 = Who people vote for can make a big difference - 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = ?

D1. Importance of Taxation
-1 = Missing
1 = Extremely important
2 = Quite important
3 = Not very important

D2. Party closest to own view Taxation
-1 = Missing
1 = Labor (ALP)
2 = Liberal - National Coalition
3 = No difference
4 = Don't know

D3. Most important issue during election campaign
-1 = Missing
1 = Taxation
2 = Immigration
3 = Education
4 = The environment
5 = Industrial relations
6 = Health and Medicare
7 = Refugees and asylum seekers
8 = Global warming
9 = The carbon tax
10 = Management of the economy

D4. Financial situation of hhold now to 1 yr ago
-1 = Missing
1 = A lot better
2 = A little better
3 = About the same
4 = A little worse
5 = A lot worse

D5. Effect of govt policies on hhold situation
-1 = Missing
1 = A good effect
2 = Not much difference
3 = A bad effect

D8. More or less expenditure - Health
-1 = Missing
1 = Much more than now
2 = Somewhat more than now
3 = The same as now
4 = Somewhat less than now
5 = Much less than now

D9. Improve standard of living next 10 years
-1 = Missing
1 = Very likely
2 = Somewhat likely
3 = Somewhat unlikely
4 = Very unlikely

D10. Satisfaction with present state of Australian economy
-1 = Missing
0 = Extremely dissatisfied - 0
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
10 = Extremely satisfied - 10

D12. Ease of finding another job next 12 months - You
-1 = Missing
1 = Very easy
2 = Somewhat easy
3 = Somewhat difficult
4 = Very difficult
5 = Do not have spouse/partner
6 = Do not have job

D13. High tax makes people less willing to work hard
-1 = Missing
1 = Strongly agree
2 = Agree
3 = Neither agree nor disagree
4 = Disagree
5 = Strongly disagree

E1. Choice between taxes and social services
-1 = Missing
1 = Strongly favour reducing taxes
2 = Mildly favour reducing taxes
3 = Depends
4 = Mildly favour spending more on social services
5 = Strongly favour spending more on social services

E2. Equal opportunities for migrants
-1 = Missing
1 = Gone much too far
2 = Gone too far
3 = About right
4 = Not gone far enough
5 = Not gone nearly far enough

E3. Feelings about abortion
-1 = Missing
1 = Women should be able to obtain an abortion readily when they
2 = Abortion should be allowed only in special circumstances
3 = Abortion should not be allowed under any circumstances
4 = Don't know

E4. Best way of handling asylum seekers
-1 = Missing
1 = Process and resettle offshore
2 = Process offshore but resettle in Australia
3 = Process and resettle onshore in Australia
4 = None of these options

E5. Gender difference occurs because - Women are discriminated against in politics and the workplace
-1 = Missing
1 = Great deal
2 = Some
3 = A little
4 = None

E7. Aims 10yrs 1-First choice
-1 = Missing
1 = Maintain order in the nation
2 = Give people more say in important government decisions
3 = Fight rising prices
4 = Protect freedom of speech

E8. Better or worse for ethnic minority groups past few years
-1 = Missing
1 = A lot better
2 = A little better
3 = Stayed the same
4 = A little worse
5 = A lot worse

E9. Ethnic prejudice in Australia nowadays
-1 = Missing
1 = A lot
2 = A little
3 = Hardly any

F1. Importance of Queen
-1 = Missing
1 = Very important
2 = Fairly important
3 = Not very important

F2. Australia a republic
-1 = Missing
1 = Strongly favour becoming republic
2 = Favour becoming republic
3 = Favour retaining the Queen as head of state
4 = Strongly favour retaining the Queen as head of state

F3. United States alliance under ANZUS
-1 = Missing
1 = Very important
2 = Fairly important
3 = Not very important
4 = Not at all important

F4. If Australia threatened trust US come to defence
-1 = Missing
1 = A great deal
2 = A fair amount
3 = Not very much
4 = None at all

F5. Japan threat to Aust. security
-1 = Missing
1 = Very likely
2 = Fairly likely
3 = Not very likely

F7. Number of immigrants increased
-1 = Missing
1 = Increased a lot
2 = Increased a little
3 = Remain about the same as it is
4 = Reduced a little
5 = Reduced a lot

F9. Threat of global warming to way of life
-1 = Missing
1 = Very serious
2 = Fairly serious
3 = Not very serious
4 = Not at all serious

F10. Federal treasurer before Federal election
-1 = Missing
1 = Bob Carr
2 = Bill Shorten
3 = Chris Bowen
4 = Tony Burke
5 = ?

F11. Unemployment rate in Australia June 2013
-1 = Missing
1 = 3.7%
2 = 5.7%
3 = 7.7%
4 = 9.7%
5 = ?

F12. Which party came in second H of R
-1 = Missing
1 = Greens
2 = ?
3 = Labor Party (ALP)
4 = Liberal-National Coalition
5 = ?

F13. Secretary-General of the United Nations
-1 = Missing
1 = Kofi Annan
2 = Kurt Waldheim
3 = Ban Ki-moon
4 = Boutros Boutros-Ghali
5 = ?

F14. Recall Name of Federal MP
-1 = Missing
1 = Correctly named MP
2 = Incorrectly named MP
3 = Don't recall MP

F14. Recall Name of Party - accuracy of recall
-1 = Missing
1 = Correctly named Party
2 = Incorrectly named Party
3 = Don't recall Party

F16. Quiz - Australia became federation in 1901
-1 = Missing
1 = True
2 = False
3 = Don't know

G1. Age left school
-1 = Missing
1 = Age given
2 = No formal schooling
3 = Went to primary school only
4 = Still at school

G1. Age given (Numeric) (BASE: Age given)
-1 = Missing

G2 - Years of tertiary study completed
-1 = Missing
0 = 0
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9 or more

G3. Highest qualification since leaving school
-1 = Missing
1 = No qualification since leaving school
2 = Postgraduate Degree or Postgraduate Diploma
3 = Bachelor Degree (including Honours)
4 = Undergraduate Diploma
5 = Associate Diploma
6 = Trade qualification
7 = Non-trade qualification

G4 - Work mainly doing last week
-1 = Missing
1 = Working full-time for pay
2 = Working part-time for pay
3 = Unemployed - looking for full-time work
4 = Unemployed - looking for part-time work
5 = Retired from paid work
6 = A full-time school or university student
7 = Keeping house
8 = Other (please specify)

G5. Position in organisation
-1 = Missing
1 = Upper managerial
2 = Middle managerial
3 = Lower managerial
4 = Supervisory
5 = Non-supervisory

G5. Employer
-1 = Missing
1 = Self-employed
2 = Employee in private company or business
3 = Employee of Federal/State/Local Government
4 = Employee in family business or farm

H1. Sex
-1 = Missing
1 = Male
2 = Female

Age (categorised - derived)
-1 = Missing
1 = 18 to 24
2 = 25 to 34
3 = 35 to 44
4 = 45 to 54
5 = 55 to 64
6 = 65 plus

H5. Fathers party ID at 14
-1 = Missing
1 = Liberal (includes UAP)
2 = Labor
3 = National/Country (includes Progressive Party)
4 = Democratic Labor (DLP)
5 = Australian Democrats
6 = Other parties
7 = Don't know

H6. Religion
-1 = Missing
1 = Roman Catholic
2 = Anglican/Church of England
3 = Uniting Church/Methodist
4 = Orthodox Church
5 = Presbyterian
6 = Other (please specify)
7 = No religion

H6. Extended-Religion
-1 = Missing
1 = Roman Catholic
2 = Anglican/Church of England
3 = Uniting Church/Methodist
4 = Orthodox Church
5 = Presbyterian
6 = Other (Please specify)
7 = No religion
8 = Catholic - not Roman
9 = Armenian Apostolic
10 = Baptist
11 = Brethren
12 = Churches of Christ
13 = Latter Day Saints
14 = Lutheran
15 = Salvation Army
16 = Seventh Day Adventist
17 = Other Protestant
18 = Other Christian
19 = Buddhist
20 = Hebrew/Jewish
21 = Muslim
22 = Other Non-Christian
23 = Hindu
24 = Pentecostalism
96 = Christian (Specified)
97 = Other (Not Specified)
98 = No Religion

H7. Religious attendance
-1 = Missing
1 = At least once a week
2 = At least once a month
3 = Several times a year
4 = At least once a year
5 = Less than once a year
6 = Never

H8. Marital status
-1 = Missing
1 = Never married
2 = Now married (including de facto relationships)
3 = Widowed
4 = Divorced or separated

H9. Own, buying or rent home
-1 = Missing
1 = Own outright
2 = Own, paying off mortgage
3 = Rent from private landlord
4 = Rent from public housing authority
5 = Other (boarding, living at home, etc)

H10. How often use internet
-1 = Missing
1 = Several times a day
2 = About once a day
3 = Three to five days a week
4 = One to two days a week
5 = Every few weeks
6 = Less often
7 = Do not use the internet

H11. When start using internet
-1 = Missing
1 = Within the last six months
2 = About a year ago
3 = About two or three years ago
4 = More than three years ago

H13. Social class
-1 = Missing
1 = Upper class
2 = Middle class
3 = Working class
4 = None

H14. Live rural or urban
-1 = Missing
1 = A rural area or village
2 = A small country town (under 10,000 people)
3 = A larger country town (over 10,000 people)
4 = A large town (over 25,000 people)
5 = A major city (over 100,000 people)

H15. Gross annual income
-1 = Missing
1 = Less than $10,000 per year
2 = $10,001 to $15,000 per year
3 = $15,001 to $20,000 per year
4 = $20,001 to $25,000 per year
5 = $25,001 to $30,000 per year
6 = $30,001 to $35,000 per year
7 = $35,001 to $40,000 per year
8 = $40,001 to $45,000 per year
9 = $45,001 to $50,000 per year
10 = $50,001 to $60,000 per year
11 = $60,001 to $70,000 per year
12 = $70,001 to $80,000 per year
13 = $80,001 to $90,000 per year
14 = $90,001 to $100,000 per year
15 = $100,001 to $110,000 per year
16 = $110,001 to $120,000 per year
17 = $120,001 to $130,000 per year
18 = $130,001 to $140,000 per year
19 = $140,001 to $150,000 per year
20 = $150,001 to $160,000 per year
21 = $160,001 to $180,000 per year
22 = More than $180,000 per year

H16. Prepared to take part in similar survey next Federal election
-1 = Missing
1 = Yes
2 = No
99 = No response

H19. Spouse employer
-1 = Missing
1 = Self-employed
2 = Employee in private company or business
3 = Employee of Federal/State/Local Government
4 = Employee in family business or farm
5 = Partner never worked for pay

H20. Does spouse supervise people at work
-1 = Missing
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Partner never worked for pay

H23. Country of birth
-1 = Missing
1 = Australia
2 = New Zealand
3 = United Kingdom
4 = Republic of Ireland
5 = Italy
6 = Germany
7 = Greece
8 = China
9 = Netherlands
10 = Vietnam
11 = Yugoslavia (former)
12 = Other (please specify below)

H23. Extended-Country of birth
4 = Unknown (the destination or origin of the goods is unknown)
5 = Unidentified (the country reported on import/export document
602 = Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
605 = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD
606 = Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
607 = South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agree
618 = Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (EMU)
705 = Central America and the Caribbean (excludes Mexico)
708 = Country conf. Alumina (a secondary (International Trade spec
711 = Denmark (includes Greenland and Faroe Islands)
714 = Falkland Islands (includes South Georgia and South Sandwich
716 = French Antilles (Guadeloupe and Martinique)
722 = International Waters (goods placed in the ocean outside any
726 = Morocco (includes places under Spanish sovereignty)
727 = No Country Details (overseas country detail for exports not
741 = Reserve Bank Gold (gold held by the Reserve Bank of Austral
742 = Ships and Aircraft Stores (stores including fuel loaded on
746 = Australia (includes External Territories Australian Antarct
747 = JPDA (Joint Petrolium Development Area - administered by Aus
2100 = United Kingdom Channel Islands and Isle of Man
3206 = Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
6202 = Korea Democratic Peoples Republic of (North)

H24. Year came to Australia - Mother
-1 = Missing
9999 = Parent not in Australia

H27. Ever been back to country of birth
-1 = Missing
1 = Yes, once only
2 = Yes, 2 to 4 times
3 = Yes, 5 to 9 times
4 = Yes, 10 times or more
5 = No

H29. Experienced discrimination or unfair treatment in Australia past 5 years
-1 = Missing
1 = Often
2 = Sometimes
3 = Rarely
4 = Not at all

H31. How good at speaking English day-to-day
-1 = Missing
1 = Very good
2 = Fairly good
3 = Below average
4 = Poor

State mapping variable
1 = NSW
2 = Vic
3 = Qld
4 = SA
5 = WA
6 = Tas
7 = NT
8 = ACT