Volunteers and volunteering during the COVID-era in Australia
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2022
In 2021 the Federal Government announced the development of a National Strategy for Volunteering with the design of this strategy being led by Volunteering Australia. The ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods is undertaking research to support the development of the strategy, with this paper…
Wellbeing outcomes in Australia as lockdowns ease and cases increase – August 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, B, Gray, M & Rehill, P
Year published: 2022
On the 8th of August 2022, data collection began for the 12th wave the COVID-19 Impact Monitoring series, with a total of 3,510 responses collected between the 8th and 22nd of August. The aim of this paper is to examine the trends and determinants of wellbeing over the COVID-19 period, making use…
Who wants to get boosted? COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Australia in January 2022
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Sollis, K
Year published: 2022
In October 2021, the Australian Government commenced the rollout of COVID-19 booster vaccines, making them available to adults who had previously received two primary doses. Despite the wide availability of booster vaccines to eligible adults, take-up has remained relatively low. Using data from…
Application of behavioural insights to understand the Australian recall of Takata Airbags – Report 1
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Zhang, J
Year published: 2021
This report investigates consumer responses to the Takata recall. Despite a large and growing number of safety-related recalls globally, there is little quantitative research on variation in consumers’ compliance decision. Using both administrative data and survey data, we investigate vehicle-…
Attitudes towards and experiences of retirement and social security income during the COVID-recession and initial recovery
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Breunig, R & Marasinghe, D
Year published: 2021
In January 2021, the Social Research Centre on behalf of the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods undertook a survey of 3,459 Australians through the Life in AustraliaTM panel. The aim of this paper is to explore the attitudes towards, and experiences of, retirement income at the start of…
Australian suicide and hospitalised self-harm monitoring data. A Scoping review of analytic methods used within the peer reviewed literature.
Author/editor: Ellen, L & Biddle, N
Year published: 2021
Suicide and intentional self-harm are significant problems for Australian communities. Monitoring suicide and self-harm hospitalisations is important for: the effective development of prevention and intervention initiatives; supporting accountability and transparency within systems and services…
Behavioural responses to multiple crises: Summary report
Author/editor: Biddle N, Boyer, C, Edwards, B & Makkai, T
Year published: 2021
This paper provides a summary of three separate papers looking at the impact and responses to the 2020 Black Summer Bushfire crisis, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic that followed. In Bushfire resilience and bushfire behaviour the research team provides a detailed literature review of the…