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Correlational findings

Study Biddle (2014a): study AU 2008

Public
15+ aged indigious people, Australia, 2008
Survey name
AU-NATSISS
Sample
Respondents
N = 7800
Non Response
429
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Indiginous
Our Classification
Remarks
Recoded ' male' by WDH team to fit classification. Sign of correlation reversed accordingly Comparison data base case Australian taken from HILDA 2008
Related specification variables
Operationalization
1 Female
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 as manager
   - has completed Year 12
   - does not have a qualification
   - assesses own health very good
   - not a victim of violence last 12 months
   - not arrested in the last 5 years
   - lives in a house that meets standards

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.
- Indigous Female
O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = -.02 ns - Indigous Male; aged 15-24 O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = -.02 ns - Indigous Male; Aged 25-34 O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = -.06 p < .01 - Indigous Male; Aged 55+ O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = +.00 ns -Indigous Female; Aged 15-24 O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = +.03 ns - Indigous Female; Aged 25-34 O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b b = -.00 ns -Indigous Female; Aged 55+

b values controled for:
- Personal characteristics:
  - Age
  - Gender
  - Family Status
  - Employment
  - Education
- Environmental characteristics:
  - Index of neighbourhood problems
  - Index of service access barriers
  - 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