Social scientists have been interested in measuring the prosperity, well-being, and quality of life of nations, which has resulted in a multiplicity of country-level indicators. However, little is known about the factor structure of these indicators. We explored the structure of quality of life, using country-level data on tens of subjective and objective indicators. Applying factor analysis, we identified three distinct factors that exhibited both overlap and complementarity. This structure was replicated in data from previous years and with a partially different set of variables. The first factor, 'socio-economic progress', is dominated by socio-political and economic indicators but also includes life satisfaction, which thus appears to r...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being...
markdownabstractSubjective well-being is a main goal in modern society, thus it is worth knowing ...
textabstractABSTRACT<br/> One of the aims of social indicator research is to develop a comprehensive...
The correlations among indicators of objective well-being, cultural dimensions, and subjective well-...
This thesis examines the relations between subjective well-being and economic, politic and social ch...
Abstract: Background: Recent trends on measurement of well-being have elevated the scientific standa...
The past decade has witnessed a growing interest in well-being indicators and their potential for in...
Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the social, economic, and cultural factors that impact sati...
This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of interrelationships among the determinants...
Quality-of-life in nations can be measured by how long and happy people live. This is assessed by co...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is bein...
Background Recent trends on measurement of well-being have elevated the scientific standards and rig...
Quality-of-life in nations can be measured by how long and happy people live. This is assessed by co...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being...
As more and more people realize that wealth fails to fully capture the essence of human well-being, ...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being...
markdownabstractSubjective well-being is a main goal in modern society, thus it is worth knowing ...
textabstractABSTRACT<br/> One of the aims of social indicator research is to develop a comprehensive...
The correlations among indicators of objective well-being, cultural dimensions, and subjective well-...
This thesis examines the relations between subjective well-being and economic, politic and social ch...
Abstract: Background: Recent trends on measurement of well-being have elevated the scientific standa...
The past decade has witnessed a growing interest in well-being indicators and their potential for in...
Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the social, economic, and cultural factors that impact sati...
This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of interrelationships among the determinants...
Quality-of-life in nations can be measured by how long and happy people live. This is assessed by co...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is bein...
Background Recent trends on measurement of well-being have elevated the scientific standards and rig...
Quality-of-life in nations can be measured by how long and happy people live. This is assessed by co...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being...
As more and more people realize that wealth fails to fully capture the essence of human well-being, ...
How can one conclude that well-being is higher in country A than country B, when well-being is being...
markdownabstractSubjective well-being is a main goal in modern society, thus it is worth knowing ...
textabstractABSTRACT<br/> One of the aims of social indicator research is to develop a comprehensive...