Are Factors Associated with Adult Refugees' Settlement different from Well-Being? A Longitudinal Study focusing on Gender and Age in Australia

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ID2116372
AutoresRenuka Mahadevan (0000-0003-4105-2993, The University of Queensland), Maneka Jayasinghe (0000-0002-3613-4073, Charles Darwin University, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume53
Fascículo2
Páginas470-490
Data de publicação2024-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047279422000435
OpenAlexW4283373636
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas49

Using three waves of data and tracing the same refugees over time, this paper shows that some factors associated with settlement experience are different from life satisfaction. Evidence shows that although settlement experience has not improved over time, life satisfaction of both male and female refugees has. The non-linear effect of age on life satisfaction disappears over time while that of settlement experience lingers on. Discrimination affects both male and female life satisfaction but is only a concern for females and the younger cohort's settlement experience. Psychological capital did not appear to moderate the discrimination effect, but this needs to be robustly examined further. Lastly, different support for refugees over time and a targeted focus on some groups is likely to be more effective than a blanket support policy

Cohort · Cohort effect · Demographic economics · Economics · Life satisfaction · Political science · Refugee · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology