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
- Log net worth
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assets covered housing,businesses, equity- and cash-type investments, vehicles and collectibles. Indicvidual assets (superannuation, bank accounts) and debts (credit card, HECS other personal debts) were included.
- Operationalization
- Estimates based on responses to detailed questions about income components. Networth is assets minus debts. The natural logarithm is used since wealth is highly skewed towards the top end
Observed Relation with Happiness
- equivalised Income
- gender
- age
- partnered
- educational attainment
- employment status
- disability status