Views and experience of the aged care system in Australia – April 2021
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Makkai, T
Year published: 2021
In April 2021, the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods conducted an ANUpoll with a focus on the views and experiences of the aged care system. In this paper we look at the distribution and impact of caring responsibilities, confidence in the aged care system, views on future caring…
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…
Wellbeing and the environment – the impact of the bushfires and the pandemic
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Edwards, N & Makkai, T
Year published: 2021
The 2019/20 Australian Spring and Summer was one of the hottest on record, with bushfires (wildfires) devastating large parts of the Australian continent. The fires resulted in the loss of thousands of properties, deaths of civilians and firefighters, deaths of wildlife estimated to be in the…
A Review of Conceptual Approaches and Empirical Evidence on Probability and Nonprobability Sample Survey Research
Author/editor: Cornesse, C, Blom, A, Dutwin, D, Krosnick, J, De Leeuw, E, Legleye, S, Pasek, J, Pennay, D, Phillips, B, Sakshaug, J, Struminskaya, B & Wenz, A.
Year published: 2020
There is an ongoing debate in the survey research literature about whether and when probability and nonprobability sample surveys produce accurate estimates of a larger population. Statistical theory provides a justification for confidence in probability sampling as a function of the survey design…
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…
Australian’s views about COVID-19 policies: May 2020
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2020
There is vigorous debate about a range of COVID-19 specific policies as well as a discussion about what economic policies will be required as the immediate concerns about infection and mortality due to COVID-19 recede. In order to support this debate, this paper provides data on Australian’s views…
Australian’s views about COVID-19 policies: May 2020
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Gray, M
Year published: 2020
There is vigorous debate about a range of COVID-19 specific policies as well as a discussion about what economic policies will be required as the immediate concerns about infection and mortality due to COVID-19 recede. In order to support this debate, this paper provides data on Australian’s views…