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Correlational findings

Study Biddle (2014): study AU 2008

Public
15+ aged indigious people, Australia 2008
Survey name
AU-NATSISS
Sample
Respondents
N = 7717
Non Response
346
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Education
Our Classification
Remarks
Comparison data base case Australian taken from HILDA 2008
Distribution
Completed year 10 or 11 only: 0.445; completed year 9 or less: 0.364; has a degree: 0.052; has a diploma: 0.047; has a certificate: 0.222
Operationalization
1  yeras of education completed
    a 10 or 11 only
    b 9 or less
    c has a degree
    d has a diploma
    c has a certificate
0 Base case Australian
  - male
  - aged 35-54
  - lives in non-remote Australia
  - is married
  - lives in a couple family without children
  - Indigenous Australians only in household
  - speaks English at home
  - no residual change previous 5 years
  - employed full-time outside CDEP scheme
  - has completed Year 12
  - does not have a qualification
  - assesses one's own health very good
  - not victim of violence last 12 months
  - not arrested in the last 5 years
  - Lives in a house meets occupancy standard

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = -.01 ns Probability of being very happy in comparison to the base case Australian.

1 Completed Year 10 or 11 only
0 'base case' Australian
O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = -.04 p < .01 1 Completed Year 9 or less
0 'base case' Australian
O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = -.02 ns 1 Has a degree or higher as highest qualification
0 'base case' Australian
O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = -.01 ns 1 Has a diploma as highest qualification
0 'base case' Australian
O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = +.01 ns 1 Has a certificate as highest qualification
0 'base case' Australian

b controled for:
- Personal characteristics:
  - Age
  - Gender
  - Family Status
  - Employment
  - Education
- Environmental characteristics:
  - Lives in remote Australia
  - non-Indigenous person living in
  - Main language spoken at home is not English
  - Changed residence in the previous 5 Years
  - Victim of violence in previous 12 months
  - Arrested in previous 5 years
  - Lives in a house below standard