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

Description

This report aims to describe and assess the relationship between life satisfaction and participation in further education, training and employment in young Australians. The overall discovery was that young Australians are generally very satisfied with their life and careers. It was found that those in full-time education, training or employment, or a combination of these, had higher levels of satisfaction than those occupied only part-time. In addition, those young Australians occupied part-time were more satisfied than those who were not studying or were unemployed. Two aspects of these young people's lives were assessed to gain this information: satisfaction with their careers and satisfaction in their general lives. Research report no. 43 This report, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), is part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program.