How did COVID-19 impact Aussies' wellbeing?

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Australia; International; SA

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By mid-2021, wellbeing amongst Australians was higher overall than French, German and South African people, according to Australian and international researchers who compared the four countries in the wake of COVID-19. In May 2021 the team surveyed about 500 people in each country about their mental, social, financial and functional wellbeing, with 'functional' referring to the extent to which people can do activities they want to do. The researchers say there were clear differences in wellbeing between countries, with Australia overall the most well-off and France reporting the lowest wellbeing. The team suggests this is likely due to the different COVID-19 circumstances at the time, with the survey coming before Australia saw high cases, and while France still had heavy restrictions to manage their caseload.

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Funder: AH, MHB, DP, AG, and SK acknowledge support by the Academic Consortium for the 21st Century (Special Project Fund)and Open Access Publication Fund of the University of Freiburg. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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