What are the determinants of subjective well-being of healthy adults in rural communities in and around forests?

Abstract

Sustainability goals are seeking to jointly improve environmental conditions and the well-being of society. Yet achieving both environmental and human well-being goals remains challenging because improving the material well-being of people can often mean increasing the risk of environmental and ecosystem degradation. An alternative method that may help meet both goals is to target non-monetary determinants of subjective well-being. However. few studies have examined the determinants of subjective well-being in industrializing countries. Here, we report on an analysis examining the determinants of subjective well-being among health, working adults in rural villages in and around forests in the Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. We find there is no significant relationship between subjective well-being and measures of monetary well-being, such as income and assets. Instead, we find age, sex, self-assessed health status, and occupation are significantly associated with subjective well-being. Our results have implications for policies seeking to improve subjective well-being among these populations.

Warming from tropical deforestation reduces worker productivity in rural communities

“…2), and communities are engaged in agricultural activities throughout the year. For more on the study setting and population see Aggraeni et al 72 and Masuda et al 9 .…”

“…Participants are, on average, 42 years old, have 6.3 years of education, live in households that consist of ∼4-5 members, and 83% and 73% are farmers and regularly work in forests, respectively. Further information about participants and the study population can be found in Supplementary Table 1 and Aggraeni et al 72 and Masuda et al 9 .…”

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“…On the other, having good health was also key in enabling people to not have stress, to have confidence in themselves, or critically, to engage in social relations, particularly because they could both welcome visitors at home and physically visit friends and relatives. This points to a broader positive impact of having good health on emotional and psychological well-being aspects, as has been found in developed and developing contexts alike (Chin, 2010;Aggraeni et al, 2018).…”