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: social interaction and support
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- A neighbourhood consists of approximately 250 households on average who live in close proximity to each other.
- Distribution
- Males: M=6.5 SD=.87; Females: M=6.5 SD=.86
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- To what frequency do you observe the following events to happen in your neighbourhood?
a) neighbours helping each other out
b) neighbours doing things together
Rated:
1 never happens
:
5 very common
Combined to a 2-10 scale.
Observed Relation with Happiness
OPRC's controlled for:
- region in Australia
- remoteness of place of residence
- duration of living in residence
- neighbourhood characteristics
a) rate of single parents
b) unemployment rate
c) rate of home owners
d) rate of non-English speaking immigrants
e) rate of employees working in a
professional occupation
f) rate of people over 64 years old
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 controlled for:
- relative income
instead of:
- duration of living in residence