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
- Relative income
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- a) Males: 10.4%; Females: 13.9%; b) Males: 29.2%; Females: 25.9%
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 1: <50% of median household weekly income in neighbourhood
2: >200% of median household weekly income in neighbourhood
3: 50%-200% of median household weekly income in neighbourhood (reference)
A neighbourhood consists of approximately 250 households on average who live
in close proximity to each other.
Observed Relation with Happiness
Males
Males
OPRC's controlled for:
- region in Australia
- remoteness of place of 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) social interaction and social support
g) local disamenity
h) rate of people over 64 years
i) insecurity
- 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