Mapping Social Cohesion Survey, 2019

The Scanlon Foundation Research Institute’s Mapping Social Cohesion study provides a series of detailed surveys on social cohesion, immigration and other topical social issues in Australia. The surveys provide a key source of information to understand patterns and change in the perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Australians across society and within social and demographic groups. In 2019, in addition to the interviewer administered telephone survey, the full questionnaire was also administered on the probability-based Life in Australia™ panel. The interviewer administered version of the 2019 survey was completed by 1,500 respondents, the Life in Australia™ panel by 2,033, a total of 3,533. The comprised 90 questions (65 substantive and 25 demographic), including eighteen questions that are used for calculation of the Scanlon- Monash Index of Social Cohesion.