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Research Report 2 (1987) - Surrogate Motherhood: Australian Public Opinion
Appendix B - Personal and Demographic Factors
This appendix provides details of the coding of personal and demographic factors by Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd in the conduct of the survey.
Age
Age was presented in four categories:
14-24 years
25-34 years
35-49 years
50 and over.
Age and Family Status
Information on the age and family status of respondents (referred to as stage of life cycle by the Roy Morgan Research Centre) was categorised as follows:
single aged 14-34
married aged 14-34 no children
married aged 14-34 with children
married aged 35+ no children
married aged 35+ with children
single aged 35+
People living with a de facto spouse were included in the married category.
Education
The respondent's education was coded into five categories as follows:
Primary only - some primary school, completed primary school.
Some secondary - some secondary school, some technical or commercial training.
Intermediate/4th form - passed school certificate/4th form/intermediate/junior or equivalent.
5th/6th form - passed 5th form/leaving certificate, finished a technical/commercial/TAFE course including trade certificate, other certificate, or apprenticeship, finished or studying matriculation/higher school certificate.
Tertiary - some University/CAE, Diploma CAE, now at Uni/CAE, finished UNI/CAE.
Occupation
The occupation of respondents who worked full-time was coded into one of four categories:
Professional, managerial, owners of business, farm owners.
Clerical and sales workers, including teachers, nurses, company representatives, salesmen and typists.
Skilled tradesmen eg linesmen, foremen, turners, builders and electricians.
Semi-skilled or unskilled workers, and the few who said serviceman or gave no occupation.
Religion
Religion was coded into six categories:
Catholic
Anglican
Other Protestant (that is, Presbyterian, Uniting, Methodist and Baptist)
Other Christian (for example, Christadelphian, Mormon)
Non Christian
No religion.
Federal voting intention
Federal voting intention was coded in five categories:
Australian Labour Party
Liberal Party
National Party
Australian Democrat
Other.
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