- Preliminary material
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
- Wellbeing and this report
- Some highlights of what we found
- Some caution needed
- Body section
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Purpose and structure of this paper
- 1.2 Data sources
- 2 Comparing the subjective wellbeing of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
- 3 Determinants of Indigenous wellbeing
- 3.1 Health and subjective wellbeing
- 3.2 Income, employment and wellbeing
- 3.3 Education and wellbeing
- 3.4 Criminal activity and subjective wellbeing
- 3.5 Victims of crime and subjective wellbeing
- 1 Introduction
- End matter
- Appendix A: Key data sources
- Appendix B: Additional tables
- References
Determinants of wellbeing for Indigenous Australians
Publication
Release Date:
Topic: First Nations people
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2014) Determinants of wellbeing for Indigenous Australians, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 9 June 2026.
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Determinants of wellbeing for Indigenous Australians examines the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians and factors that may contribute to this. The focus is on subjective wellbeing but a number of objective measures of wellbeing are also considered. Compared with non-Indigenous Australians, Indigenous people tended to report lower levels of emotional wellbeing but they were more likely to say that they were satisfied with life.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-602-3
- Cat. no: IHW 137
- Pages: 39
Findings from this report:
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Indigenous people tended to report lower levels of emotional wellbeing but were more likely to be satisfied with life
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Indigenous people who were employed tended to report higher levels of wellbeing
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Indigenous people who reported that their health had improved, also tended to report a rise in happiness
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Lower levels of subjective wellbeing were associated with the likelihood of being arrested