nach oben

Social Indicators Research

Erschienen in:

01.09.2008

Life Satisfaction and Happiness in Turkey

verfasst von: Sibel Selim

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 3/2008

Einloggen

Aktivieren Sie unsere intelligente Suche, um passende Fachinhalte oder Patente zu finden.

search-config

KI-gestützte Suche

Aus

Abstract

This research aims to investigate life satisfaction and happiness in Turkey. It extends the previous researches on subjective well-being (SWB) for Turkey by considering both happiness and life satisfaction. The previous researches for Turkey are local studies, and their findings cannot be generalized to the population of Turkish society. Given these facts, the factors that shape individual happiness and life satisfaction amongst Turkish people are determined using a representative survey of sociocultural and political change, World Values Survey (WVS). Some results obtained in this study are similar to typical findings such as a negative age effect, positive influences of income and health status, and a negative effect of unemployment. Contrary to the expectations, middle education has a negative direct effect on life satisfaction among females, and the upper education level is insignificant in the life satisfaction model. By comparing the correlates of happiness and life satisfaction across different years, this research aims to provide insights for policy makers and professionals to improve the perceived lives of Turkish people.

Vorheriger Artikel Absolute Income, Relative Income, and Happiness

Nächster Artikel Assessment of Organizational Trust: Italian Adaptation and Factorial Validity of the Organizational Trust Inventory

Sie haben noch keine Lizenz? Dann Informieren Sie sich jetzt über unsere Produkte:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 102.000 Bücher
über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Jetzt informieren

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Jetzt informieren

Diener and Oishi (2000), Headey and Wooden (2004) for income, Diener and Suh (1997), Fuentos and Rojas (2001), Chen (2001) for age, Myers and Diener (1995), Lewis and Cruise (2006) for religion, Diener et al. (1999), Kousha and Mohseni (1997) for marriage.

For a detailed description of the various methods used in surveys for the measurement of life satisfaction, see, Veenhoven (1996a), Diener et al. (1997), Fuentos and Rojas (2001), Schyns (2003), Camfield (2003). For improvement on SWB measures, see, Kahneman and Krueger (2006).

Abbott, P., & Sapsford, R. (2006). Life satisfaction in post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 251–287.CrossRef

Agresti, A. (1990). Categorical data analysis. New York: John Wiley.

Ahn, N., Garcia, J. R., & Jimeno, J. F. (2004). The impact of unemployment on individual well-being in the EU. Europen Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes, Working paper, No: 29.

Alesina, A., Di Tela, R., & MacCulloch, R. (2003). Inequality and happiness: Are Europeans and Americans different? NBER and CEPR Harvard Business School Princeton University, Working paper.

Andrews, F. M., & Withey, S. B. (1976). Social indicators of well-being. New York: Plenum Press.

Argyle, M. (1989). The psychology of happiness. London: Routledge.

Borooah, V. K. (2006). How much happiness is there in the world? A cross-country study. Applied Economics Letters, 13, 483–488.CrossRef

Bukenya, J. O., Gebremedhin, T. G., & Schaefer, P. V. (2003). Analysis of quality of life and rural development: evidence from West Virginia data. Growth and Change, 34(2), 202–218.CrossRef

Camfield, L. (2003). Using subjective measures of well-being in developing countries. ESRC research group on well-being in developing countries. ESRC Economic & Social Research Council.

Campbell, A. (1981). The sense of well-being in America. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Carbonell, A. F., & Frijters, P. (2002). How important is methodology for the determinants of happiness? Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, TI-024/3.

Chen, C. (2001). Aging and life satisfaction. Social Indicators Research, 54, 57–79.CrossRef

Christoph, B., & Noll, H. H. (2003). Subjective well-being in the European Community. Social Indicators Research, 64, 521–546.CrossRef

Diener, E. (2000). Subjective well-being, the science of happiness and a proposal for a national index. The American Psychological Association, 55, 34–43.

Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2000). Money and happiness: income and subjective well-being across nations. In E. Diener, & E. M. Suh (Eds.), Subjective well-being across cultures. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Diener, E., & Suh, E. (1997). Subjective well-being: An integrate perspective. Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 17. New York: Springer.

Diener, E., Suh, E., & Oishi, S. (1997). Recent findings on subjective well-being. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 24, 25–41.

Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Lucas, R. E., & Smith, H. L. (1999). Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 276–302.CrossRef

Di Tella, R., MacCulooch, R. J., & Oswald, A. J. (2001). Preferences over inflation and unemployment: Evidence from surveys on happiness. American Economic Review, 91, 335–341.CrossRef

Di Tella, R., MacCulloch, R. J., & Oswald, A. J. (2003). The macroeconomics of happiness. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 85(4), 809–827.CrossRef

Easterlin, R. (1974). Does economic growth improve the human lot? Some empirical evidence. In P. A. David, & W. R. Melvin (Eds.), Nations and households in economic growth. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press.

Easterlin, R. (2004). Life cycle happiness and its sources. ISQOLS draft.

Eggers, A., Gaddy, C., & Graham, C. (2006). Well-being and unemployment in Russia in the 1990s: Can society’s suffering be individuals’ solace? The Journal of Socio-Economics, 35, 209–242.CrossRef

Emmons, R. A., & Diener, E. (1985). Factors predicting satisfaction judgment: A comparative examination. Social Indicators Research, 16, 157–167.CrossRef

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in Europe. (2004). Quality of life in Europe. Life satisfaction in an enlarged Europe, Dublin.

European Values Study Group and World Values Survey Association. (2006). European and World Values Surveys four-wave integrated data file, 1981–2004, v.20060423.

Frey, B. S., & Stutzer, A. (2002a). Happiness and economics. How the economy and institutions affect well-being. Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press.

Frey, B. S., & Stutzer, A. (2002b). What can economists learn from happiness research? Journal of Economic Literature, 40(2), 402–435.CrossRef

Fuentes, N., & Rojas, M. (2001). Economic theory and subjective well-being: Mexico. Social Indicators Research, 53, 289–314.CrossRef

Galati, D., Manzano, M., & Sotgiu, I. (2006). The subjective components of happiness and their attainment: A cross-cultural comparison between Italy and Cuba. Social Science Information, 45, 601–630.CrossRef

Gerdtham, U. G., & Johannesson, M. (1997). The relationship between happiness, health and socio-economic factors: results based on Swedish micro data. Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, No. 207.

Gitmez, A. S., & Morçöl, G. (1994). Socio-economic status and life satisfaction in Turkey. Social Indicators Research, 31, 77.CrossRef

Gruen, C., & Klasen, S. (2005). Has happiness improved well-being? An analysis based on income, inequality-adjusted income, non-income and subjective well-being measures, ERSA Working paper, No. 4.

Haller, M., & Hadler, M. (2006). How social relations and structures can produce happiness and unhappiness: an international comparative analysis. Social Indicators Research, 75, 169–216.CrossRef

Hartog, J., & Oosterbeek, H. (1998). Health, wealth and happiness: Why pursue a higher education? Economics of Education Review, 17, 245–256.CrossRef

Hayo, B., & Seifert, W. (2003). Subjective economic well-being in Eastern Europe. Journal of Economic Psychology, 24, 329–348.CrossRef

Headey, B., & Wooden, M. (2004). The effects of wealth and income on subjective well-being and ill-being. Melbourne Institute Working Paper, No. 3/04.

Headey, B., Muffels, R., & Wooden, M. (2004). Money doesn’t buy happiness… or does it? A reconsideration based on the combined effects of wealth, income and consumption. Discussion Paper, IZA DP NO. 1218.

Helliwell, J. F. (2002). How’s life? Combining individual and national variables to explain subjective well-being. National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 9065.

Inglehart, R., & Rabier, J. R. (1986). Aspirations adapt to situations—but why are the Belgians so much happier than the French? A cross-cultural analysis of the subjective quality of life. In F. M. Andrews (Ed.), Research on the quality of life (pp. 1–56). Michigan: The Survey Research Center/Institute for Social Research.

Kahneman, D., & Krueger, A. B. (2006). Developments in the measurement of subjective well-being. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20, 3–24.CrossRef

Kalmijn, W., & Veenhoven, R. (2005). Measuring inequality of happiness in nations. Journal of Happiness Studies, 6, 357–396.CrossRef

Kousha, M., & Mohseni, N. (1997). Predictors of life satisfaction among urban Iranian women: An exploratory analysis. Social Indicators Research, 40, 329–357.CrossRef

Kousha, M., & Mohseni, N. (2000). Are Iranians happy? A comparative study between Iran and the United States. Social Indicators Research, 52, 259–289.CrossRef

Lee, D., Park, S., Uhlemann, M., & Patsula P. (1999). What makes you happy? A comparison of self-reported criteria of happiness between two cultures. Social Indicators Research, 50, 351–362.CrossRef

Lewis, C. A., & Cruise, S. M. (2006). Religion and happiness: Consensus, contradictions, comments and concerns. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 9(3), 213–225.CrossRef

Liao, T. F. (1994). Interpreting probability models, logit, probit, and other generalized linear models, series/Number 07-101. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Long, J. S. (1997). Regression models for categorical and limited dependent variables. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Marks, G., & Fleming, N. (1999). Influences and consequences of well-being among Australian young people: 1980–1995. Social Indicators Research, 46, 301–323.CrossRef

McBride, M. (2001). Relative-income effects on subjective well-being in cross-section. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 45, 251–278.CrossRef

McConatha, J. T., Rieser-Danner, L., Harmer, K., Hayta, V., & Polat, T. S. (2004). Life satisfaction in three countries. Psychological Reports, 94(3), 795–806.CrossRef

McCullagh, P. (1980). Regression models for ordinal data (with discussion). Journal of Royal Statistical Society, 42, 109–142.

McKelvey, R. D., & Zavoina, W. (1975). A statistical model for the analysis of ordinal level dependent variables. Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 4, 103–120.CrossRef

Myers, D. G. (2000). The funds, friends, and faith of happy people. American Psychologist, 55, 56–67.CrossRef

Myers, D. G., & Diener, E. (1995). Who is happy? Psychological Science, 6, 10–19.CrossRef

Namazie, C., & Sanfey, P. (2001). Happiness in transition: The case of Kyrgyzstan. Review of Development Economics, 5(3), 392–405.CrossRef

Peasgood, T. (2005). Modelling subjective well-being. BHPS Conference, Essex.

Peiró, A. (2002). Happiness, satisfaction and socioeconomic conditions: Some international evidence. WP-EC Working Paper-21.

Praag, B. M. S., & Carbonell, A. F. (2006). An almost integration-free approach to ordered response models. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, TI-047/3.

Royo, M. G., & Velazco, J. (2006). Exploring the relationship between happiness, objective and subjective well-being: Evidence from rural Thailand. WeD- Well-being in Developing Countries ESRC Research Group, Working paper 16.

Schwarze, J., & Winkelmann, R. (2005). What can happiness research tell us about altruism? Evidence from the German socio-economic panel. Discussion Paper, 475.

Schyns, P. (1998). Cross national differences in happiness: Economic and cultural factors explored. Social Indicators Research, 43, 3–26.CrossRef

Schyns, P. (2003). Income and life satisfaction. A cross-national and longitudinal study. Delft: Eburon.

Seghieri, C., Desantis, G., & Tanturri, M. L. (2006). The richer, the happier? An empirical investigation in selected European countries. Social Indicators Research, 79, 455–476.CrossRef

Tsou, M. W., & Liu, J. T. (2001). Happiness and domain satisfaction in Taiwan. Journal of Happiness Studies, 2, 269–288.CrossRef

Tucker, K. L., Ozer, D. J., Lyubomirsky, S., & Boehm, J. K. (2006). Testing for measurement invariance in the satisfaction with life scale: A comparison of Russians and North Americans. Social Indicators Research, 78(2), 341–360.CrossRef

Veenhoven, R. (2004). Subjective measures of well-being. Discussion Paper, No: 07.

Veenhoven, R. (1996a). Developments in satisfaction research. Social Indicators Research, 37, 1–46.CrossRef

Veenhoven, R. (1996b). The study of life satisfaction. In W. E. Saris, R. Veenhoven, A. C. Scherpenzeel, & B. Bunting (Eds.), A comparative study of satisfaction with life in Europe (pp. 11–48). Eötvös University Press.

Veenhoven, R. (1996c). Average level of satisfaction in 10 European countries: Explanation of differences. In W. E. Saris, R. Veenhoven, A. C. Scherpenzeel, & B. Bunting (Eds.), A comparative study of satisfaction with life in Europe (pp. 243–253). Eötvös University Press.

Veenhoven, R., & Kalmijn, W. (2005). Inequality-adjusted happiness in nations. Journal of Happiness Studies, 6, 421–455.CrossRef

Vermunt, R., Spaans, E., & Zorge, F. (1989). Satisfaction, happiness and well-being of Dutch students. Social Indicators Research, 21, 1–33.CrossRef

Winkelmann, R. (2005). Subjective well-being and the family: Results from an ordered probit model with multiple random effects. Empirical Economics, 30, 749–761.CrossRef

Titel: Life Satisfaction and Happiness in Turkey
verfasst von: Sibel Selim
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2008
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 3/2008
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-007-9218-z

Springer Professional

Abstract

Bitte loggen Sie sich ein, um Zugang zu Ihrer Lizenz zu erhalten.

Sie haben noch keine Lizenz? Dann Informieren Sie sich jetzt über unsere Produkte:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Weitere Artikel der Ausgabe 3/2008

The Role of Perceived Discrepancy in Satisfaction Evaluation

On a ‘Level-Sensitive’ Headcount Ratio: Revisiting Shorrocks’ Poverty Index

Absolute Income, Relative Income, and Happiness

The Perceived Role of ICTs in Quality of Life in Three Chinese Cities

Mental Health of Parents and Life Satisfaction of Children: A Within-Family Analysis of Intergenerational Transmission of Well-Being

A Discrepancy Index for the Study of Participation with an Application to the Case of Higher Education in Italy

Premium Partner