447
25.22(ii) (d) TABLE 54
Non-Aboriginal view of Australians, Italians, Aborigines -
.other things more important than money
Item 21
Other things
more important
than money
¢,
j6
mid-point
%
Item 42
Money and
possessions
important
ft.
*6
Non-Aboriginal View (N=289)
Australians
38.2 25.0 36.7
20.6 26.9 52.4
33.3 27.1 39.5
Italians
Aborigines
Table 54 shows that, in the view of non-Aborigines,
Australians and Aborigines were seen to have similar values
on the question of holding money and possessions as
important.
Support was given to Australians and Aborigines holding
both values, with the mid-point receiving least support.
Italians were seen by a larger proportion as placing emphasis
on money and possessions.
Other things being more important than money received more
support from non-Aborigines as a cultural value of ’Australians’
than it did for Aborigines as a cultural value of Aborigines and
the Aboriginal self (Table 53).
25.23 Lack of future orientation
(i) Worth saving up even if you have to go without now
ɪ '
Schedule IIj Statement 58 - ’It's worth saving up even if I
have to go without now' was strongly supported by Aborigines (75.3 per cent
agreed).