Study Shields et al. (2009): study AU 2001
- Public
- 15+ aged general public, Australia, 2001
- Survey name
- AU-HILDA 2001
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 13903
- Non Response
- 34%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Additionally self-completion questionnaires were used.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Remoteness
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Accessibility/Remoteness Index for Australia (ARIA)
- Distribution
- a) 59%, b) 28%, c) 12%, d) 2%
- Operationalization
- Calculated by the accessibility to some 201 Australian service centres based on road distances based on the road distance to service centres.
Classified into:
a) Major cities
b) Inner regional
c) Outer regional
d) Remote areas
Observed Relation with Happiness
Major cities 7.81 7.90 7.86
Inner regional 7.99 8.15 8.07
Outer regional 8.12 8.25 8.19
Remote 8.22 8.39 8.31
Major cities ----------------reference
Inner regional -.00(ns) +.06(ns)
Outer regional +.13(.05) +.19(.01)
Remote +.12(ns) +.20(.1)
OPRC's controlled for:
- state/territory of residence
- neighbourhood characteristics
a) unemployment rate
b) rate of single parents
c) rate of immigrants from non-English
speaking countries
d) rate of home owners
e) rate of employees working in a
professional occupation
f) aged 65 years and over
- age and age squared
- marital status
- number of children
- number of adults in household
- being an Aborginal/Torres Strait Islander
- being an immigrant
- English speaking ability
- health
- education
- employment status
- household income
- house ownership
- religion
- frequency-preference of paying bills
- suspicious of interview questions
- others present during interview
- respondent was living with both parents
at age 14
Major cities ----------------reference
Inner regional -.03(ns) +.05(ns)
Outer regional +.09(ns) +.17(.01)
Remote +.04(ns) +.14(ns)
OPRC's additionally controlled for:
- 3 additional neighbourhood characteristics
g) social interaction and social support
h) local disamenity
i) insecurity in the neighbourhood
Major cities ----------------reference
Inner regional -.03(ns) +.05(ns)
Outer regional +.09(ns) +.17(.01)
Remote +.04(ns) +.18(ns)
OPRC's additionally controlled for:
- duration of living in residence
Major cities ----------------reference
Inner regional -.05(ns) +.04(ns)
Outer regional +.05(ns) +.13(.1)
Remote +.08(ns) +.28(.05)
OPRC's additionally controlled for:
- relative income
instead of:
- duration of living in residence