The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index: 2004 Update Robert A Cummins (Deakin University) Richard...
If you can't read please download the document
The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index: 2004 Update Robert A Cummins (Deakin University) Richard Eckersley (Australian National University) Erik Okerstrom
The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index: 2004 Update Robert A
Cummins (Deakin University) Richard Eckersley (Australian National
University) Erik Okerstrom (Australian Unity) Sing Kai Lo
(University of Sydney) Melanie Davern (Deakin University) Bruce
Hunter (Deakin University) Jacqui Woerner (Deakin University NB.
Please view via Notes page. You can then progress through the
document using your mouse wheel, Page Down key, or the double-
headed arrow to the right of this frame.
Slide 2
Objective Conditions e.g. Medical Health Subjective Perceptions
e.g. Satisfaction with health Quality of Life Objective vs
subjective: r = N.S.
Slide 3
What is Subjective Wellbeing? A positive state of mind that
involves the whole life experience
Slide 4
How satisfied are you with your life as a whole? ( Personal
Wellbeing Index ) Standard of living Health Achieving Relationships
Safety Community connectedness Future security Life Domains
Slide 5
How satisfied are you with your ----? 012345688910 Completely
Dissatisfied Completely Satisfied Mixed [Jones and Thurstone,1955]
11-point, end-defined scale
Slide 6
Percentage of Scale Maximum 012345678910 0 2030405060708090100
Standardized values Original values %SM Converts Likert scale data
to a standardized range from 0 - 100
Slide 7
0102030405060708090100 Frequency distribution for subjective
QOL Frequency
Slide 8
75 2.5%SM Range: 7080%SM Gold Standard for Subjective
Wellbeing
Slide 9
The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index A new systematic measure
of subjective wellbeing An alternative to objective indicators eg.
GDP
Slide 10
The Australian Surveys Geographically representative sample N =
2,000 Telephone interview #1:April 2001 #2:September 2001
(immediately following September 11) ------------ #12:August
2004
Slide 11
So, what has been happening to the subjective wellbeing of
Australians over the past 3.5 years?
Slide 12
Wellbeing in Australia Strength of satisfaction Major Events
Preceding Survey Date
Slide 13
Strength of satisfaction Major Events Preceding Survey Date
September 11Bali Bombing
Slide 14
Strength of satisfaction Major Events Preceding Survey Date
September 11Bali Scores above this line are significantly higher
than S1 >S2, S4, S5
Slide 15
Standard of living Health Productivity Relationships Safety
Community connectedness Future security Satisfaction with----
Personal Wellbeing Index
Slide 16
Strength of satisfaction Major Events Preceding Survey Date
September 11BaliPre-Post-Iraq Scores above this line are
significantly higher than S1 >S2, S4, S5
Slide 17
Strength of satisfaction Major Events Preceding Survey Date
September 11BaliPre-Post-Iraq Scores above this line are
significantly higher than S1 >S2, S4, S5
Slide 18
Strength of satisfaction Major Events Preceding Survey Date
September 11BaliPre-Post-OlympicsIraq Scores above this line are
significantly higher than S1 >S2, S4, S5
Slide 19
Strength of satisfaction Major Events Preceding Survey Date
September 11BaliPre-Post-OlympicsIraq Scores above this line are
significantly higher than S1 >S2, S4, S5 >S11
Slide 20
Subjective wellbeing Homeostasis How is subjective wellbeing
held so constant?
Slide 21
Subjective Wellbeing Homeostasis Like the internal management
of body temperature and blood pressure Our sense of satisfaction
with our lives is also internally managed and held constant
Slide 22
Homeostasis can be defeated by: Chronic pain (arthritis)
Chronic stress (carers) Lack of intimacy Living conditions
(street-kids) Incarceration (prisoners) Poverty
Slide 23
The Relationship Between Stress and SWB Very Weak Very Strong
Stress SWB High Low ?
Slide 24
The Relationship Between Stress and SWB Dominant Source of SWB
Control SWB Stress High Low Threshold DISTRESS Homeostasis No
stressHigh stress 75 Level of environmental challenge
Slide 25
Principle 1 Subjective wellbeing is managed by a homeostatic
system. This why its measurement is so reliable. Therefore, there
will be a non-linear relationship between any source of stress (ill
health or physical incapacity) with how people feel about the
overall quality of their life
Slide 26
Degree of Stress: PWI satisfaction
Slide 27
Pain x Personal Wellbeing Index N307484336375447403822
Slide 28
SevereModerateMild ObeseOverweightNormalUnderweight Body Mass
Index
Slide 29
Specific Health Conditions x Personal Wellbeing Index
Slide 30
Principle 2 It CAN NOT be assumed that people who have a
chronic medical condition have low subjective wellbeing Even
self-reported medical symptoms are extremely poor indicators of how
people feel about their lives generally
Slide 31
Homeostatic control is all about the balance between the degree
of challenge and the level of personal resources Examples of
External Resources Money Relationships
Slide 32
Income and the Personal Wellbeing Index (combined surveys)
Percentage Point Increment 2.00.81.72.00.31.2
Slide 33
Significant Increments in PWI The cost of each increment Points
Gained $ per Point Ratio of $ per point