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2014 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Developing a Composite Indicator of Residents’ Well-Being: The Case of the Romagna Area

verfasst von : Cristina Bernini, Andrea Guizzardi, Giovanni Angelini

Erschienen in: Statistical Methods and Applications from a Historical Perspective

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

There is a growing literature on the assessment of quality of life conditions and well-being in geographical or administrative areas. The paper proposes a new measure of Subjective Well Being (SWB) based on residents’ satisfaction with Personal life domain, Leisure activities, and satisfaction with Life as a whole. The SWB index is constructed by using a Composite Indicator, where the weights are calculated by means of common weight DEA-like models. Results evidence that in an economically developed area as the Romagna, Leisure activities is the domain most affecting SWB. Differences of SWB across sub-areas and among different socio-demographic groups of residents are also detected.

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Metadaten
Titel
Developing a Composite Indicator of Residents’ Well-Being: The Case of the Romagna Area
verfasst von
Cristina Bernini
Andrea Guizzardi
Giovanni Angelini
Copyright-Jahr
2014
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05552-7_29

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