Tracking outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2021) – Cautious optimism
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2021
This paper uses data from the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods COVID-19 Impact Monitoring program to examine the wellbeing of the Australian adult population in January 2021 and how this compares to wellbeing prior to COVID-19 and during the first year of the pandemic impacting Australia…
Tracking wellbeing outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2021): Continued social and economic recovery and resilience
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2021
The aim of this paper is to summarise economic and social wellbeing data from the April 2021 ANUpoll, the seventh in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods Impact Monitoring Survey program. We find remarkable levels of resilience in Australian society and the economy, with life satisfaction…
Tracking wellbeing outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic (August 2021): Lockdown blues
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2021
The aim of this paper is to summarise economic and social wellbeing data from the August 2021 ANUpoll, the eighth in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods Impact Monitoring Survey program. Since April 2021 there have been declines in life satisfaction, worsening in psychological distress…
Tracking wellbeing outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic (October 2021): Putting the worst behind us?
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2021
This paper explores the views, outcomes, and attitudes of Australians at a time when the south-east of the country was starting to emerge from lockdown, and vaccination rates were approaching thresholds allowing for a greater easing of restrictions. The analysis is based on the October 2021 wave of…
Vaccine willingness and concerns in Australia: August 2020 to April 2021
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M & Sollis, K
Year published: 2021
This paper reports data collected in April 2021 on Australian’s vaccine willingness and concerns, with a total sample size of 3,286 adult Australians, comparing results from responses from the same individuals in January 2021 and August 2020. The paper shows that although vaccine willingness has…
Volunteering during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2021)
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2021
The April 2021 ANUpoll, the seventh in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods COVID-19 Impact monitoring program, collected data on volunteering and this can be combined with data on volunteering collected from the same group of individuals collected in late 2019 prior to COVID-19 and in…
Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 period: May 2020
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M & Sollis, K
Year published: 2020
The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in alcohol consumption since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. We show that the frequency of alcohol consumption during COVID-19 is slightly higher for males than it was 2-3 years previously, and substantially higher for females. While Australians are…