Americans’ Well-Being: Life-as-a-Whole

Andrews, Frank M.; Withey, Stephen B.

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“…The accepted view in psychology is that objective economic circumstances have only a slight though statistically significant effect on happiness and other measures of well-being (Andrews and Withey 1976;Argyle 1987;Campbell, Converse and Rodgers 1976;Diener and Biswas-Diener 2002;Diener et al 1999;Headey and Wearing 1992;Kahnemann, Diener and Schwarz 1999). This view has sometimes been repeated by economists, usually with reference to Easterlin's seminal 1974 paper, 'Does economic growth improve the human lot?'…”

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confidence: 99%

The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well‐Being and Ill‐Being*

Headey¹,

Wooden²

2004

Economic Record

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134

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confidence: 99%

The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well‐Being and Ill‐Being*

Headey¹,

Wooden²

2004

Economic Record

200

134

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“…The value in employing the same method of measurement is that comparisons could be made between different studies on quality of life in Singapore. Similar to the work by Andrews and Withey (1976), Day (1987), Kau and Wang (1995), Foo, Yuen and Chin (1998), Kau and Jung (2000), Wong, Foo and Lim (2000) as well as Wong and Lim (2001) where they formulate their own set of life domains to suit the nature of their quality of life research, this paper suggests a set of 17 life domains to evaluate the quality of life of the elderly in Singapore. Each domain of life is then rated on a 5-point Likert scale by the elderly to indicate their perception of importance and satisfaction with that domain.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…It is therefore essential that the domains of life influencing life satisfaction be identified specifically for the population understudy. For instance, in their research on the quality of life of the Americans, Andrews and Withey (1976) as well as Campbell, Converse and Rodgers (1976) (Wang, 1993;Wong and Lim, 2001). …”

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Quality of life of the elderly in Singapore's multi‐racial society

Wong

2003

International Journal of Social Economics

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Abstract:With Singapore having the fifth fastest aging population in the world, the implications associated with such as a phenomenon have finally placed the elderly on the Singapore government's national agenda in 1999, which was coincidentally also the United Nations International Year of Older Persons. As the elderly constitute an increasing proportion of Singapore's population, it is pertinent to address their needs and concerns, which have direct impacts on their well-being and quality of life. This paper, which is the first of its kind to examine the quality of life of the elderly in Singapore, is also a study within the context of a multi-racial society. The quality of life of the elderly in Singapore is evaluated in terms of their overall life satisfaction as well as their perception of the importance and satisfaction towards the 17 domains of life identified for this study. Using a 5-point Likert scale, the study reveals that the elderly in Singapore are generally satisfied with their quality of life, which is significantly influenced by three demographic variables, namely, the level of education, type of housing and monthly personal disposable income. While the elderly perceive personal health condition, family ties and public safety to be more important, they tend to be more satisfied with family ties, public safety and public transportation, and are less satisfied with arts and culture as well as leisure and recreation facilities that are available in Singapore. The research therefore suggests that the quality of life of the elderly in Singapore is more likely to be determined by its socio-cultural context rather than along racial lines.

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“…Taken all together, they can account for a maximum of 10-15 % of the total variance of subjective quality of life (Andrews and Withey, 1976;Campbell et al, 1976).…”

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Urban Quality of Life – a Case Study: the City of Rijeka

Slavuj

2011

Hrv. geogr. glas.

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This paper represents a study of the quality of life in the City of Rijeka. The main research aim was to analyse whether significant differences exist in mean satisfaction with neighbourhood among different groups of respondents according to selected variables. Overall neighbourhood satisfaction was used as an indicator of the quality of neighbourhood life. The main research method was a questionnaire survey conducted on a random sample of 365 households, chosen from five city neighbourhoods. Statistical procedures used were t-test and one-way analysis of variance. The conducted analysis showed that respondents in analysed neighbourhoods of Rijeka do not differ significantly in neighbourhood satisfaction regarding: gender, age, educational attainment, monthly household income, perceived property value, housing type and length of residence. On the other hand, significant difference in neighbourhood satisfaction was found regarding respondents' tenure. Furthermore, it has been shown that a positive feeling towards place and community is linked with higher levels of neighbourhood satisfaction. Respondents who meet their neighbours more often to discuss common neighbourhood issues were also more satisfied with their neighbourhoods. Key words: urban quality of life, neighbourhood, Rijeka Kvaliteta života -studija slučaja: Grad RijekaRad se bavi kvalitetom života u Gradu Rijeci. Glavni istraživački cilj bio je istražiti postoje li statistički značajne razlike u prosječnom zadovoljstvu susjedstvom među različitim grupama ispitanika s obzirom na odabrane varijable. Kao indikator kvalitete života u susjedstvu upotrijebljeno je pitanje o ukupnom zadovoljstvu susjedstvom. Glavna istraživačka metoda bila je anketno istraživanje, koje je provedeno na slučajnom uzorku od 365 kućanstava odabranih iz pet gradskih susjedstava. Primijenjeni su statistički postupci t-test i jednosmjerna analiza varijance. Navedenim analizama utvrđeno je da se ispitanici iz odabranih susjedstava Grada Rijeke ne razlikuju značajno u zadovoljstvu susjedstvom s obzirom na spol, dob, stupanj obrazovanja, prosječna mjesečna primanja kućanstva, percipiranu vrijednost nekretnina u susjedstvu, tip stambenog objekta te duljinu stanovanja u susjedstvu. S druge strane, značajne razlike u zadovoljstvu susjedstvom pronađene su s obzirom na stambeni status, pozitivne osjećaje prema mjestu i zajednici te učestalost sastajanja sa susjedima.

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Americans’ Well-Being: Life-as-a-Whole

Cited by 122 publications

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The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well‐Being and Ill‐Being*

The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well‐Being and Ill‐Being*

Quality of life of the elderly in Singapore's multi‐racial society

Urban Quality of Life – a Case Study: the City of Rijeka

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