Wellbeing of Australians : work, wealth and happiness : part A
book
posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00authored byRobert CumminsRobert Cummins, Jacqueline Woerner, Adrian Tomyn, A Gibson, T'Meika Knapp
The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index monitors the subjective wellbeing of the Australian population. Our first survey was conducted in April 2001 and this report concerns the 17th survey, undertaken in April 2007. Our previous survey had been conducted six months earlier in October 2006. This intervening period was relatively uneventful in terms of events likely to change population wellbeing. A new leader of the opposition Labor Party was appointed (Kevin Rudd) who seemed more likely than his predecessors to wrest power from long-serving Prime Minister John Howard (Liberal Party) in an election to be held around the end of 2007. Each survey involves a telephone interview with a new sample of 2,000 Australians, selected to represent the national population geographic distribution. These surveys comprise the Personal Wellbeing Index, which measures people’s satisfaction with their own lives, and the National Wellbeing Index, which measures how satisfied people are with life in Australia. Other items include a standard set of demographic questions and other survey-specific questions. The specific topics for Survey 17 are time at work, and anticipated happiness at doubling or halving household income.
History
Series
Australian Unity wellbeing index. Survey 17 ; report 17.0
Publisher
Deakin University
Place of publication
Geelong, Vic.
ISBN-13
9781741560886
Language
eng
Notes
This is a joint publication of: The School of Psychology, Deakin University; The Australian Centre on Quality of Life, Deakin University; Australian Unity 'April 2007' Contents: Part A. Report. 1. Introduction -- 2. A Comparison Between Survey 17 and Survey 16 -- 3. Household Income -- 4. Gender -- 5. Age -- 6. Household Composition -- 7. Marital Status -- 8. Work Status -- 9. Health and Body Mass Index -- 10. Life Events -- 11. Perceptions of Wealth and Happiness -- 12. Time at Work and Non-Work -- 13. Insights into Homeostasis -- Part B. Appended tables.