Survey of 1,202 Banana Industry Workers in Queensland on Job Satisfaction and Retention

1,202 survey participants across 10 urban and regional locations in Queensland provide data on workforce dynamics in the Australian banana industry. The dataset, created by Mallika Roy and last updated in April 2026, applies Economic Psychology to explore how socio-demographic factors, workplace ergonomics, and perceptions influence job satisfaction and retention.

Use Cases

• Modeling job satisfaction drivers based on survey-reported factors like training, ergonomic design, and salary equity.
• Predicting workforce retention based on features such as growth opportunities and perceived industry stability.
• Analyzing the interaction between physical work conditions and perceptual biases in agricultural labor.

Strengths

• Includes 1,202 survey responses, providing a substantial sample size for analysis.
• Data is structured for statistical analysis, with specific beta coefficients (e.g., β=0.35 for training) reported from ordinal regression.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic scope is limited to Queensland, Australia, which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Survey data collected by author Mallika Roy, hosted on figshare.

Collection Method

Survey of banana industry workers, analyzed using Q-Q plots and ordinal regression.

Time Range

Survey collection date is unspecified; dataset was last updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 17:44:11; freshness should be verified.

Geography

10 urban and regional locations in Queensland, Australia.