Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and univariate analysis of wellbeing queried by socio-demographic factors and health status.
| Wellbeing Total | Hedonic Wellbeing | Eudaimonic Wellbeing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Flourishers | Flourishers | Not High | High | Not High | High | ||||
| n (%) | 706 (61.4) | 444 (38.6) | 477 (41.5) | 672 (58.5) | 611 (52.9) | 544 (47.1) | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | p | n (%) | n (%) | p | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
| Age | p < 0.001 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.001 | ||||||
| 18–19 | 309 (68.4) | 143 (31.6) | 207 (46.1) | 242 (53.9) | 274 (60.4) | 180 (39.6) | |||
| 20–21 | 183 (62) | 112 (38) | 126 (42.6) | 170 (57.4) | 154 (52) | 142 (48) | |||
| 22–23 | 128 (55.4) | 103 (44.6) | 90 (38.8) | 142 (61.2) | 110 (47.4) | 122 (52.6) | |||
| 24–25 | 85 (50) | 85 (50) | 53 (31.2) | 117 (68.8) | 72 (42.1) | 99 (57.9) | |||
| Gender | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | ||||||
| Male | 165 (57.7) | 121 (42.3) | 106 (37.1) | 180 (62.9) | 153 (52.9) | 136 (47.1) | |||
| Female | 535 (62.6) | 320 (37.4) | 367 (43) | 487 (57) | 452 (52.7) | 405 (47.3) | |||
| Ethnicity | p < 0.01 | p > 0.05 | p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Caucasian | 509 (59.5) | 346 (40.5) | 348 (40.7) | 506 (59.3) | 438 (51.2) | 417 (48.8) | |||
| Asian | 120 (75) | 40 (25) | 72 (45.3) | 87 (54.7) | 109 (67.3) | 53 (32.7) | |||
| Indigenous 1 | 26 (55.3) | 21 (44.7) | 17 (37) | 29 (63) | 21 (44.7) | 26 (55.3) | |||
| Other 1 | 42 (55.3) | 34 (44.7) | 31 (40.8) | 45 (59.2) | 34 (44.2) | 43 (55.8) | |||
| Place of birth | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | ||||||
| Australia | 543 (62.7) | 323 (37.3) | 370 (42.7) | 497 (57.3) | 470 (54.1) | 399 (45.9) | |||
| Overseas | 159 (57.6) | 117 (42.4) | 102 (37.4) | 171 (62.6) | 137 (49.5) | 140 (50.5) | |||
| Religion | p < 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p < 0.05 | ||||||
| No | 442 (63.9) | 250 (36.1) | 301 (43.4) | 392 (56.6) | 386 (55.5) | 309 (44.5) | |||
| Yes | 240 (56.7) | 183 (43.3) | 164 (39) | 257 (61) | 204 (48) | 221 (52) | |||
| Romantic relationship status 2 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Not in relationship | 447 (65.8) | 232 (34.2) | 313 (46.2) | 365 (53.8) | 389 (57) | 293 (43) | |||
| In relationship | 248 (54.3) | 441(45.7) | 157 (34.4) | 300 (65.6) | 213 (46.4) | 246 (53.6) | |||
| Children | p < 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | ||||||
| No | 693 (61.6) | 432 (38.4) | 470 (41.8) | 654 (58.2) | 598 (52.9) | 532 (47.1) | |||
| Yes | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | 4 (26.7) | 11 (73.3) | 5 (33.3) | 10 (66.7) | |||
| Living arrangements | p > 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | ||||||
| Alone | 28 (66.7) | 14 (33.3) | 24 (57.1) | 18 (42.9) | 26 (61.9) | 16 (38.1) | |||
| Parents and/or other family | 359 (64.2) | 200 (35.8) | 247 (44.1) | 313 (55.9) | 317 (56.3) | 246 (43.7) | |||
| Partner | 99 (55.9) | 78 (44.1) | 62 (34.8) | 116 (65.2) | 83 (46.6) | 95 (53.4) | |||
| Friends/housemates | 212 (58.4) | 151 (41.6) | 139 (38.6) | 221 (61.4) | 178 (49) | 185 (51) | |||
| Education | p < 0.001 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Finished year 12 or less | 444 (64.4) | 245 (35.6) | 301 (43.9) | 385 (56.1) | 390 (56.4) | 301 (43.6) | |||
| Diploma/certificate/trade | 141 (65) | 76 (35) | 95 (43.4) | 124 (56.6) | 122 (55.7) | 97 (44.3) | |||
| University degree 3 | 116 (48.7) | 122 (51.3) | 79 (33.2) | 159 (66.8) | 94 (39.3) | 145 (60.7) | |||
| Education of either of parent/guardian | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | ||||||
| Finished year 12 or less | 217 (63.1) | 127 (36.9) | 133 (38.9) | 209 (61.1) | 192 (55.7) | 153 (44.3) | |||
| Diploma/certificate/trade | 114 (56.4) | 88 (43.6) | 89 (44.1) | 113 (55.9) | 94 (46.3) | 109 (53.7) | |||
| University degree 3 | 354 (61) | 221 (39) | 236 (41.6) | 331 (58.4) | 298 (52.5) | 270 (47.5) | |||
| Other or Don’t know | 21 (77.8) | 6 (22.2) | 13 (48.1) | 14 (51.9) | 18 (64.3) | 10 (35.7) | |||
| Current study status | p < 0.01 | p > 0.05 | p < 0.01 | ||||||
| Full-time/part-time University | 549 (59.3) | 377 (40.7) | 375 (40.5) | 552 (59.5) | 471 (50.7) | 458 (49.3) | |||
| Full-time/part-time TAFE/VET 4 | 103 (73.6) | 37 (26.4) | 70 (50) | 70 (50) | 95 (66.9) | 47 (33.1) | |||
| Not studying | 49 (62.8) | 29 (37.2) | 29 (38.2) | 47 (61.8) | 40 (51.3) | 38 (48.7) | |||
| Employment | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.01 | ||||||
| Full-time 5 | 57 (54.8) | 47 (45.2) | 28 (27.2) | 75 (72.8) | 47 (45.2) | 57 (54.8) | |||
| Part-time 5 | 336 (56.7) | 257 (43.3) | 225 (38) | 367 (62) | 289 (48.7) | 305 (51.3) | |||
| Unemployed | 293 (69.4) | 129 (30.6) | 211 (49.9) | 212 (50.1) | 256 (60.1) | 170 (39.9) | |||
| Other 6 | 9 (47.4) | 10 (52.6) | 6 (31.6) | 13 (68.4) | 9 (47.4) | 10 (52.6) | |||
| Personal annual income (all sources) | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | ||||||
| No income | 105 (71.4) | 42 (28.6) | 75 (50.7) | 73 (49.3) | 94 (63.5) | 54 (36.5) | |||
| $1–$12,999 | 246 (60.6) | 160 (39.4) | 171 (42.1) | 235 (57.9) | 209 (51.4) | 198 (48.6) | |||
| $13,000–$31,199 | 220 (58.8) | 154 (41.2) | 137 (36.6) | 237 (63.4) | 191 (50.9) | 184 (49.1) | |||
| $31,200 or more | 56 (53.8) | 48 (46.2) | 36 (35) | 67 (65) | 45 (43.3) | 59 (56.7) | |||
| Perceived family wealth 7 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | ||||||
| Wealthy | 26 (41.9) | 36 (58.1) | 17 (27.4) | 45 (72.6) | 22 (35.5) | 40 (64.5) | |||
| Quite well-off | 427 (60.7) | 276 (39.3) | 279 (39.7) | 424 (60.3) | 368 (52.1) | 339 (47.9) | |||
| Not very well-off | 202 (64.5) | 111 (35.5) | 146 (46.8) | 166 (53.2) | 174 (55.4) | 140 (44.6) | |||
| Quite poor | 40 (76.9) | 12 (23.1) | 29 (55.8) | 23 (44.2) | 36 (69.2) | 16 (30.8) | |||
| Sources of personal financial support 8 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | ||||||
| One source | 321(65.5) | 169 (34.5) | 218 (44.5) | 272 (55.5) | 283 (57.4) | 210 (42.6) | |||
| Two sources | 211 (59.6) | 143 (40.4) | 138 (39.1) | 215 (60.9) | 181 (51) | 174 (49) | |||
| Three sources | 106 (57.9) | 77 (42.1) | 75 (41) | 108 (59) | 88 (47.8) | 96 (52.2) | |||
| Four or more | 40 (55.6) | 32 (44.4) | 28 (38.9) | 44 (61.1) | 34 (47.2) | 38 (52.8) | |||
| Body mass index (BMI) | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p > 0.05 | ||||||
| Underweight | 84 (66.1) | 43 (33.9) | 51 (40.8) | 74 (59.2) | 73 (57) | 55 (43) | |||
| Healthy weight | 431 (58.2) | 309 (41.8) | 291 (39.2) | 451 (60.8) | 376 (50.5) | 368 (49.5) | |||
| Overweight | 111 (62) | 68 (39) | 72 (40.2) | 107 (59.8) | 97 (54.2) | 82 (45.8) | |||
| Obese | 55 (82.1) | 12 (17.9) | 43 (65.2) | 23 (34.8) | 44 (65.7) | 23 (34.3) | |||
| Self-rated health status | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Excellent | 37 (35.9) | 66 (64.1) | 22 (21.2) | 82 (78.8) | 30 (28.8) | 74 (71.2) | |||
| Very good | 165 (47.6) | 182 (52.4) | 97 (28) | 249 (72) | 142 (40.9) | 205 (59.1) | |||
| Good | 312 (65.8) | 162 (34.2) | 216 (45.5) | 259 (54.5) | 265 (55.7) | 211 (44.3) | |||
| Fair | 156 (83.9) | 30 (16.1) | 112 (60.9) | 72 (39.1) | 142 (75.5) | 46 (24.5) | |||
| Poor | 30 (93.8) | 2 (6.3) | 25 (78.1) | 7 (21.9) | 26 (81.3) | 6 (18.8) | |||
1 Indigenous includes Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, Pacific Islander; Other includes mixed, Middle Eastern, African, Hispanic.; 2 Not in a relationship group includes single, unattached (not committed/casual) and divorced/separated; In a relationship, includes ongoing relationship, married, de-facto; 3 Undergraduate or Postgraduate; 4 TAFE/VET—technical and further education/vocational education and training; 5 Includes permanent, contract, casual; 6 Includes very sporadic casual work, holiday work, seasonal and similar; 7 Wealthy—within the highest 25% in your country in terms of wealth; Quite well-off—within the 51–75% range; Not very well-off within 26–50% range; Quite poor—within the lowest 25%; 8 Participants could tick all that apply from the following sources of personal financial support: part-time/full time work; direct support from family, repayable loans from family; a private loan (bank, credit card, university); youth allowance; scholarship or bursaries; personal savings; other. For analysis, responses were then aggregated and recoded to reflect the number of sources of financial support.