Biddle (2014a): study AU 2008

Publication

Author(s):

Biddle, N.

Title:

The Relationship between Community and Individual Measures of Wellbeing: comparisons by remoteness for Indigenous Australians.

Source:

Australian Geographer, 2014, Vol. 45, 53 - 69.

Investigation

Public

15+ aged indigious people, Australia, 2008

Survey name

AU-NATSISS

Sample

Probability multi-stage cluster sample

Respondents

N = 7800

Non Response

429

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

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:

Emotional wellbeing

Page in publication:

64

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Index of community facilities Build environment
Availability of amenities in vicinity Lives in remote Australia Remoteness Index of neighbourhood problems Social problems in vicinity Married Married state (compared to non-married states) Has a non-Indigenous person living in the household Mixed ethnicities in household Main language spoken at home is not English Home language other than standard in nation Changed usual residence in the previous 5 years Change in residence Employment Current employment status
Full-time vs part-time
Not in labor force
Workfare
Socio-economic treatment Education Level of school-education Self-assessed health fair or poor Self-perceived health Victim of physical or threatened violence in previous 12 months Victim of crime Arrested in previous 5 years Arrested Lives in a house that does not meet the occupancy standard Quality of house Index of service access barriers Build environment
Availability of amenities in vicinity Children Children in the household
Current household-composition
Dependent persons in household
Single parent Indiginous Sex: male (vs female)