Developing a National Index of Subjective Wellbeing: The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index
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Subjective health was indexed by a single item drawn from a broader scale developed by Cummings (2003) and used in New Zealand with various sub-populations.
“This item was drawn from the broader scale indexing different aspect of personal wellbeing developed by Cummings (2003) [89], and had been used in New Zealand with various sub-populations (see [90], [91]).”
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- Authors
- Cummins, R. A., Eckersley, R., Pallant, J., van Vugt, J., & Misajon, R.
- Affiliations
- Deakin University (AU)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Cummins, Robert A.
- Venue
- Social Indicators Research
- Published
- 2003-11
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 159-190
- ISSN
- 0303-8300 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0921
- OpenAlex
- W2102699790
- Cited by
- 1,061
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 17.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Social Indicators Research (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Quality of Life Measurement
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- subjective well-being, life satisfaction, national well-being, personal well-being, life events
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