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Taking stock: Wellbeing and political attitudes in Australia at the start of the post-COVID era, January 2023
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2023
The aim of this paper is to use data collected during January 2023 and Australia’s recent history to take stock of Australia’s wellbeing, as well as its attitudes towards key political and social institutions as Australia enters a post-COVID world. The data was collected by the ANU Centre for...
Economic and other wellbeing in Australia – October 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M
Year published: 2022
The October 2022/23 Budget signals a shift to including a range of non-economic measures of progress and quality of life. During the COVID-19 period and into late 2022, there has been large changes in many wellbeing measures. The ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) has been...
The experience of COVID-19 in Australia, including long-COVID – Evidence from the COVID-19 Impact Monitoring Survey Series, August 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Korda, R
Year published: 2022
The aim of this paper is to describe the experience of COVID-19 in Australia, examine the factors associated with whether or not someone had COVID-19, including long-COVID, and relate this experience to broader measures of wellbeing. Data for the paper comes from the 12th wave of the COVID-19...
The relationship between COVID-19 policies and subjective wellbeing – August 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Rehill, P
Year published: 2022
The aim of this paper is to examine the trends and determinants of wellbeing in Australia over the entire COVID-19 period, up to and including August 2022. In particular, we make use of multiple waves of the COVID-19 Impact Monitoring Survey data, focusing on the relationship between individual...
Ongoing disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Australia using survey data – August 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N
Year published: 2022
On the 8th of August 2022, data collection began for the 12th wave the COVID-19 Impact Monitoring series, with a total of 3,510 responses collected between the 8th and 22nd of August. The aim of this paper is to try to understand some of the reasons why booster uptake in Australia may have stalled...
Wellbeing outcomes in Australia as lockdowns ease and cases increase – August 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M & Rehill, P
Year published: 2022
On the 8 th of August 2022, data collection began for the 12 th wave the COVID-19 Impact Monitoring series, with a total of 3,510 responses collected between the 8 th and 22 nd of August. The aim of this paper is to examine the trends and determinants of wellbeing over the COVID-19 period, making...
Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 period in Australia
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M & Rehill, P
Year published: 2022
In April 2020, the Social Research Centre on behalf of the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods collected the first wave of data as part of the centre’s COVID-19 Impact Monitoring Series. Since that first wave of data collection, surveys have been undertaken a further 10 times, with the most...
Tertiary student finances under COVID-19
Author/editor: Norton, A
Year published: 2022
Tertiary education students have three main sources of financial support – their families, the labour market, and government payments. This paper explores how COVID-19 affected these sources of student finance. Only limited information is available on family finances, but multiple datasets provide...
Volunteers and volunteering during the COVID-era in Australia
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2022
In 2021 the Federal Government announced the development of a National Strategy for Volunteering with the design of this strategy being led by Volunteering Australia. The ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods is undertaking research to support the development of the strategy, with this paper...
Who wants to get boosted? COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Australia in January 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Sollis, K
Year published: 2022
In October 2021, the Australian Government commenced the rollout of COVID-19 booster vaccines, making them available to adults who had previously received two primary doses. Despite the wide availability of booster vaccines to eligible adults, take-up has remained relatively low. Using data from...
