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Biddle (2014): study AU 2008

Publication

Author(s):
Biddle, N.
Title:
Measuring and Analyzing the Wellbeing of Australia's Indigenous Population.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2014, Vol. 116, 713 - 729.

Investigation

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

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on  single question:

How did you feel during the last month? . Were you a happy person?
6:  all the time
5:  most of the time
4:  a good bit of the time
3:  some of the time
2:  a little of the time
1:  none of the time

Last item in a series of questions on self and life
Classification:
O-HP-cm-sq-v-6-b
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
Felt happy in last 4 weeks all or most of the time (6+5): 72%
Page in publication:
717

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age