Ferdi Botha

Trajectories of psychological distress over multiple COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia.

Ferdi Botha, Richard W Morris, Peter Butterworth, Nick Glozier

Journal article  |  2023  |  SSM Popul Health

The impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, including the indirect effect of policy responses, on psychological distress has been ..

For worse? Financial hardships and intra-household resource allocation among Australian couples

F Botha, DC Ribar

Journal article  |  2023  |  Economic Modelling

This article investigates differences in husbands' and wives' experiences of financial hardships. It develops and estimates a stru..

Vulnerability and recovery: Long-term mental and physical health trajectories following climate-related disasters

Ang Li, Mathew Toll, Erika Martino, Ilan Wiesel, Ferdi Botha, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2023  |  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Extreme weather and climate-related disaster events are associated with a range of adverse health outcomes. People are not equally..

Trajectories of psychological distress over multiple COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia

Ferdi Botha, Richard W Morris, Peter Butterworth, Nick Glozier

Report  |  2022  |  SSM: Population Health

The impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, including the indirect effect of policy responses, on psychological distress has been ..

High rates of food insecurity, but few Australians getting help - Taking the Pulse of the Nation, October 2022

Ferdinand Botha, Abigail Payne

Report  |  2022

A 2020 report estimated that between 4 and 13 percent of the general population are food insecure. As many have documented, food i..

What explains high levels of food insecurity in Australia

Abigail Payne, Ferdinand Botha

Report  |  2022

Food insecurity is considered to be one of the precursors to poverty and future poor health. Recent reports show rising food insec..

Australians using various measures to deal with higher cost of living - Taking the Pulse of the Nation, September 2022

Ferdinand Botha

Report  |  2022

Australians have experienced substantial increases in their cost of living over the past few months. Given relatively low growth o..

Protecting mental health during periods of financial stress: Evidence from the Australian Coronavirus Supplement income support payment

Ferdi Botha, Peter Butterworth, Roger Wilkins

Report  |  2022  |  Social Science and Medicine

This paper investigates whether the Australian government's Coronavirus Supplement, a temporary income support payment for unemplo..

Locus of control, self-control, and health outcomes

Ferdinand Botha, Sarah C Dahmann

Report  |  2022

We provide the first empirical evidence on the direct link between locus of control and self control, and how they interact in exp..

Generational Differences in Subjective Well-Being in Australia

Ferdi Botha, Esperanza Vera-Toscano

Journal article  |  2022  |  APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE

We test for differences in subjective well-being across four pre-defined generations in Australia born between 1928 and 1994: The ..