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Understanding the Downshifting Phenomenon: A Case of South East Queensland, Australia
Author(s) -
Chhetri Prem,
Stimson Robert J.,
Western John
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2009.tb00152.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , typology , cluster (spacecraft) , sample (material) , demographic economics , publishing , geography , socioeconomics , sociology , political science , economics , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , computer science , law , programming language
A quality of life survey of a sample of households across the Brisbane‐South East Queensland region has identified about 28 percent of people as ‘downshifters.‘ They are defined as people who voluntarily make a long‐term change in their lifestyle – other than planned retirement – which reduces income and adjusts their lifestyle conditions. A typology of downshifters is developed on the basis of their motives for downshifting and their socio‐economic and demographic characteristics using a Two Step Cluster Analysis. Results indicate that the social and economic circumstances and the reasons and methods of downshifting tend to vary substantially across the clusters.