Findings
Although the Global Financial Crisis had a relatively minor impact on the Australian economy, at the time of the 2012 survey there was growing economic uncertainty in media discussion, in the context of the European sovereign debt crisis and the decline in growth of the Chinese economy. In 2012, 36% of respondents in the Scanlon Foundation survey identified economic issues as the main problem facing Australia today (up from 26% in 2011).
Feature Mapping social cohesion report
This report presents findings from the latest Scanlon Mapping Social Cohesion Survey. The report builds on the knowledge gained through the sixteen earlier national surveys (2007, 2009-23).