Table 7: Australian Election Study — attitudes to immigration by highest post-school qualification (percentages)

Number of migrants allowed in has—

Total

Highest post-school qualification

none

trade and non-trade other

undergrad. diploma or associate diploma

bachelor’s degree or post graduate

gone much too far

gone too far

about right

not gone far enough or nearly far enough

33

30

31

6

38

30

25

6

41

32

23

4

19

33

37

10

18

23

50

9

Total

N

100

(1685)

100

(693)

100

(516)

100

(139)

100

(337)

 Source: Roger Jones, Ian McAllister, David Gow, Australian Election Study, 1996 [computer file], Canberra, Social Science Data Archives, The Australian National University, 1996

Note: Totals may not add to 100 because of rounding. Missing values (n = 112) are excluded. The responses ‘not gone far enough’ and ‘not gone nearly far enough’ have been combined because of the small numbers involved. There is no figure for ‘no opinion’ or ‘don’t know’: the written response categories did not offer this as an option.