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
-
Interview: face-to-face
Additionally self-completion questionnaires were used.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Self-employed
- Our Classification
-
-
- Distribution
- 1: 8%, 0: 34%
- Related specification variables
-
-
- Operationalization
- Self-report on single question:
Which of the following best describes your contract of employment for that job?
1: Self-employed
0: Full-time employee
Observed Relation with Happiness
OPRC's controlled for:
- neighbourhood fixed effects (unobserved characteristics of the neighbourhood)
- age and age squared
- number of children
- marital status
- number of parents
- being an Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander
- immigrant status
- English speaking ability
- health
- level of education
- 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