measuring - geography
periphery wellbeing index
76.3
core wellbeing index
74.9
how many people surveyed for the wellbeing index?
2000
in the wellbeing index, people are asked to score their life out of __
10
wellbeing index is measured on what 7 aspects?
relationships, achieving in life, standard of living, health, community connectedness, personal safety, future security
strengths of the wellbeing index
insightful, indicates how people feel, quality of life
weaknesses of the wellbeing index
small sample size, only surveyed once a year, people's feelings can change, people's feelings and opinions are different
how many people are surveyed for the happiness index?
1000
the happiness index is measured on what 5 aspects?
income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom
strengths of happiness index
measures people's satisfaction and conditions of life, can define income inequality
what is Australia's happiness index?
7.09
weaknesses of happiness index
small sample size, people have different opinions of what happiness is, people adapt their answers to their living conditions
darling point's average income
200,000 2.5 times more than the core
mungallala average income
3150 much lower than the periphery
strengths of quantitative indicators
produce objective results, statistics rather than opinions
weaknesses of quantitative indicators
calculated as averages so don't show inequality, does not tell us the quality of life, qualitative more descriptive