Describing Australia's COVID-19 vaccine success, and ongoing challenges: October 2021
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Steinhauser, R
Year published: 2021
The aim of this paper is to use longitudinal data from the ninth wave of the ANU Impact Monitoring Survey program (collected in October 2021) to answer four key research questions related to vaccination in Australia: What are the factors associated with the relatively high vaccine uptake achieved…
Determinants of COVID-19 vaccination and views of parents about vaccination of children in Australia: August 2021
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M & Sollis, K
Year published: 2021
This paper provides the first detailed, publicly available analysis of the socioeconomic and attitudinal determinants of COVID-19 vaccination amongst both Australian adults and Australian parents’ views about vaccinating their children in the future. The analysis is based on the August 2021 wave of…
Determinants of participation in a longitudinal survey during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of a low-infection country
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Sollis, K
Year published: 2021
In this paper, we utilise a longitudinal sample with responses from prior to the COVID-19 pandemic to measure the factors associated with participation in longitudinal surveys during the COVID-19 period. The benefit of this sample for the analysis is that factors collected in pre-COVID waves can be…
Financial Stress and Social Security Settings in Australia
Author/editor: Phillips, B & Narayanan, V
Year published: 2021
The Australian social security system spends around $120 billion dollars in cash transfers to Australian households each year. This money provides a safety net for around 5 million Australian’s most of whom have little or no other regular income source due to age, incapacitation, caring…
Perceptions and experiences of crime during the COVID-19 period
Author/editor: Sollis, K & Biddle, N
Year published: 2021
With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in dramatic shifts in the way societies and communities operate, individuals’ experiences and perceptions of crime and the police also have the potential to be affected. Using data from the ANU COVID-19 Impact Monitoring Program, this paper outlines how…
The impact of COVID-19 on child mental health and service barriers: The perspective of parents – August 2021
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M & Sollis, K
Year published: 2021
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the mental health and wellbeing of the Australian population. This paper provides detailed data on the mental health of those aged 18 years and under, as reported by an adult in their household. For children aged 2 to 4 years, parents and carers do not…
The use of QR codes to identify COVID-19 contacts and the role of data trust and data privacy
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M & Sollis, K
Year published: 2021
The aim of this paper is to provide an update on attitudes of the general public to data privacy during the COVID-19 period, as well as the factors associated with the use of QR codes and other government apps/web-sites for contact tracing purposes. We find that there has been a small decline in…