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: local disamenity
- 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=10.3 SD=1.47; Females: M=1.4 SD=1.52
- Operationalization
- To what frequency do you observe the following events to happen in your neighbourhood?
a) loud traffic noises
b) noises from airplanes, trains, or industry
e) homes and gardens in bad condition
f) rubbish and litter lying around
Rated:
1 never happens
:
5 very common
Combined to a 4-20 scale.
Observed Relation with Happiness
- 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 non-English speaking immigrants
e) rate of employees working in a
professional occupation
f) social interaction and social support
g) rate of people over 64 years old
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 is similar when controlling for:
- duration of living in residence
instead of:
- relative income