Study Headey & Wooden (2004): study AU 2002

Public

20-59 aged, general public, Australia, 2002

Sample

Respondents

N = 7934

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Equivalised income (/1000)

Our Classification

Remarks

Income included labour, asset, private and superannuation income, privaye and public transfers. To estimate disposable incomes, taxes had to be imputed

Operationalization

Estimates based on responses to detailed questions about income components. Equivalised income scale is the household disposable income divided by the square root of household size.
Household disposable income measure is based on summing the incomes of all household members, assuming that resources are shared.

Observed Relation with Happiness