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Quality of life in Australia Cummins, Robert A., Woerner, Jacqueline, Tomyn, Adrian and Gibson-Prosser, Adele 2012, Quality of life in Australia, in Handbook of social indicators and quality of life research, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp.459-472. Title Quality of life in Australia Author(s) Cummins, Robert A. Woerner, Jacqueline Tomyn, Adrian Gibson-Prosser, Adele Title of book Handbook of social indicators and quality of life research Editor(s) Land, Kenneth C. Michalos, Alex C. Sirgy, Joseph M. Publication date 2012 Chapter number 21 Total chapters 26 Start page 459 End page 472 Total pages 14 Publisher Springer Place of Publication Dordrecht, Netherlands Summary This chapter describes some aspects of life quality in Australia. The data for the initial overview have come from various sources. Following this general introduction, the chapter concentrates on two areas of Australian life that are key to subjective wellbeing. Using the combined data base from 24 surveys using the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index, we identified the happiest and the saddest groups in Australia as defined by their demographic profile. The highest wellbeing groups comprise people who have both a partner and a decent level of wealth. The lowest wellbeing groups are people with no partner, who have a low income and who are unemployed. The chapter then concentrates on the two common, defining elements of the highest and lowest groups as money and relationships. The results are interpreted in terms of data norms, homeostasis theory and possible causal agents. It is concluded that the results generally conform to the predictions of homeostasis and offer signposts as to the kinds of structural changes that influence population wellbeing. ISBN 9789400724204 9789400724211 Language eng Field of Research 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter Copyright notice ©2012, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30047687 Document type: Book Chapter Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 30 Aug 2012, 13:44:34 EST Fri, 31 Aug 2012, 14:28:24 EST Fri, 31 Aug 2012, 14:31:21 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 48 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 30 Aug 2012, 13:44:19 EST by Jane Moschetti

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