What matters? What gives us a sense of wellbeing? The results of some Australian research might surprise you. A study was released last October which compared the wellbeing of Australians according to the electorate they live in. 23,000 Australians were interviewed for the survey which was a joint project of Deakin University and Australian Unity, a large insurance company. In which electorates did people report the highest level of wellbeing? The decisive factor was not money. In fact, the electorate with the lowest taxable income, Wide Bay in Queensland, scored the highest level of personal wellbeing. So what did count? The report highlighted three factors which, according to political orthodoxy, ought not to matter. First, stable family formation was important. Electorates with fewer separated, divorced or never married people reported higher levels of personal wellbeing. According to the survey,
and, on the same theme,
We are often told that any kind of living arrangement can serve equally as family, but the survey results contradict this claim by connecting wellbeing to marital status. Gender was also significant in influencing wellbeing. Electorates with a higher proportion of women ranked higher in the survey. Again, this result is not what you might expect. If being female makes you more likely to report a higher level of wellbeing it is harder to accept the feminist idea that women should be classed as an oppressed victim group. The survey also connected electorates with high ethnic diversity to low personal wellbeing. The research did not, therefore, support the orthodox idea that we are enriched in our personal lives by multicultural diversity. Instead, the survey concluded that,
To put this the other way around, the survey is suggesting that it helps your sense of wellbeing if you live in an ethnically homogeneous area, less impacted by waves of diverse immigration. So, if the research is valid governments need to rethink current approaches to family, gender and ethnicity, if they are to truly promote the wellbeing of those they are supposed to represent. Comments:2
Posted by A. Windaus on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:20 | # Nice article, how ever did you find that report? I have published it on Patriot Alliance Down-under, hope you dont mind =] Post a comment:
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Posted by Al Ross on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 03:31 | #
This item partially accords with the finding that South East Asia’s happiest people are the Filipinos, who also happen to be the region’s poorest. A cynic who has visited Manila might opine that this is because so many of them live abroad.