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
- Neighbourhood characteristic: % immigrants
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- A neighbourhood consists of approximately 250 households on average who live in close proximity to each other. Data derived from Australian population census
- Distribution
- Males: M=12.5% SD=12.4; Females: M=12.8% SD=12.5
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Percentage of immigrants from non-English speaking countries in total neighbourhood population.
1: <5%
2: ≥20%
Observed Relation with Happiness
<5% immigrants 8.03 8.13
≥20% immigrants 7.60 7.74
- difference .43 .39
OPRC's controlled for:
- region in Australia
- remoteness of place of residence
- relative income
- neighbourhood characteristics
a) rate of single parents
b) unemployment rate
c) rate of home owners
d) rate of employees working in a
professional occupation
e) aged 65 years and over
f) social interaction and social support
g) local disamenity
h) insecurity in the neighbourhood
- 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
OPRC's are similar when controlling for:
- duration of living in residence
instead of:
- relative income