Quality of Life Index, Australia, 1981

A national study of individual perceptions of well-being, this survey was designed as a first step towards establishing a Quality of Life Index for Australia. It is modelled largely on Andrews and Withey's work in the U.S.A. Section 1 contains the quality of life component of the study; sections 2 and 4 explore a new consumer values typology, based on a U.S.A. classification; section 3 includes items previously examined in Probe's Social Barometer 1978; and section 5 looks at the corporate standing of 70 major organisations operating in Australia. Background variables in section 6 are age, marital status, age left school, occupation of head of household, country of birth, whether a qualification obtained since leaving school, incidence of children under 16 living at home, income, ownership of dog and cat, and postcode.