LSAY Research Reports

Life satisfaction of young Australians : relationships between further education, training and employment and general and career satisfaction.

Kylie Hillman, ACER
Julie McMillan, ACER

Longitudinal surveys of Australian youth research report ; n.43

Abstract

This report has three broad aims : To describe the relationship between life satisfaction and participation in a range of post-school education, training and labour market activities each year between 1999 and 2002; To assess whether the relationship between life satisfaction and post-school activities holds after prior levels of life satisfaction are taken into account; To assess whether movement between activities in the post-school years is associated with changes in life satisfaction. [p.v]