The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes - 2003

Australian National University

The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is a biennial survey which began in 2003. AuSSA is managed by the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute (ADSRI) at the Australian National University. AuSSA provides the public, scholars, governments, and the media with data on subjects like work and education, government spending and taxes, families, crime, and Australia's place in the world. The core component of the Survey has about 130 questions. The following goals were listed in the survey questionnaire for people to choose from.

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1 - Maintain a high level of economic growth

2 - Make sure this country has strong defence forces

3 - See that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities

4 - Try to make our cities and countryside more beautiful

5 - Maintain order in the nation

6 - Give people more say in important government decisions

7 - Fight rising prices

8 - Protect freedom of speech

9 - A stable economy

10 - Progress toward a less impersonal and more humane society

11 - Progress toward a society in which ideas count more than money

12 - The fight against crime

3 - See that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities

5 - Maintain order in the nation

6 - Give people more say in important government decisions

8 - Protect freedom of speech

10 - Progress toward a less impersonal and more humane society

12 - The fight against crime

1 - Maintain a high level of economic growth

7 - Fight rising prices

9 - A stable economy

2 - Make sure this country has strong defence forces

4 - Try to make our cities and countryside more beautiful

11 - Progress toward a society in which ideas count more than money