nach oben

Social Indicators Research

Erschienen in:

01.05.2011

Predictors of Regional Well-Being: A County Level Analysis

verfasst von: Nicole M. Lawless, Richard E. Lucas

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 3/2011

Einloggen

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

search-config

KI-gestützte Suche

Aus

Abstract

The current study takes a novel approach to studying the correlates of subjective well-being. Unlike previous studies, which typically examine group-level well-being at the state or national level, we analyzed correlates of well-being at the county level within the United States. Using nationally representative data, we found that reliable variance in well-being exists across counties. Furthermore, this variance was associated with a number of objective factors, including income, population density, health and education. Continued study of these factors at the regional level may have important implications for developing community programs and public policy.

Vorheriger Artikel Welfare Attitudes and Social Expenditure: Do Regimes Shape Public Opinion?

Nächster Artikel Capability and Health Functioning in Ethiopian Households

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

Economist Intelligence Unit. (2004). The Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality-of-life index. The Economist’s The World in 2005.

Arthaud-Day, M. L., & Near, J. P. (2005). The wealth of nations and the happiness of nations: Why “accounting” matters. Social Indicators Research, 74, 511–548.CrossRef

Bennett, K. M. (2005). Psychological wellbeing in later life: The longitudinal effects of marriage, widowhood and marital status change. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, 280–284.CrossRef

Ben-Zur, H., & Michael, K. (2009). Social comparisons and well-being following widowhood and divorce. Death Studies, 33, 220–238.CrossRef

Centers for Disease Control, Prevention (CDC). (1998). State differences in reported healthy days among adults—United States, 1993–1996. MMWR Weekly, 47, 239–243.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2008a). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2008b). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaire. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Deaton, A. (2008). Income, health and wellbeing around the world: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22, 53–72.CrossRef

Diener, E., Diener, M., & Diener, C. (1995). Factors predicting the subjective well-being of nations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 851–864.CrossRef

Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., Schimmack, U., & Helliwell, J. F. (2009). Well-being for public policy. New York: Oxford University Press.CrossRef

Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2000). Money and happiness: Income and subjective well-being across nations. In E. Diener & E. M. Suh (Eds.), Culture and subjective well-being (pp. 185–218). Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Diener, E., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Beyond money: Toward an economy of well-being. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 5(1), 1–31.CrossRef

Diener, E., & Suh, E. (1997). Measuring quality of life: economic, social and subjective indicators. Social Indicators Research, 40, 189–216.CrossRef

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

Dollinger, S. J., & Malmquist, D. (2009). Reliability and validity of single-item self-reports: With special relevance to college students’ alcohol use, religiosity, study and social life. The Journal of General Psychology, 139, 231–241.CrossRef

Easterlin, R. A. (1994). Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 27, 35–47.CrossRef

Eid, M., & Larsen, R. J. (Eds.). (2008). The science of subjective well-being. New York: Guilford Press.

Florida, R. L. (2002). The rise of the creative class: And how it’s transforming work, leisure. New York: Basic Books.

Fox, K. R. (1999). The influence of physical activity on mental well-being. Public Health Nutrition, 2, 411–418.CrossRef

Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index (2008) Survey.

Gove, W. R., Style, C. B., & Huges, M. (1990). The effect of marriage on well-being in adults. Journal of Family Issues, 11, 4–35.CrossRef

Kahneman, D., Krueger, A. B., Schkade, D. A., Schwarz, N., & Stone, A. A. (2004). A survey method for characterizing daily life experience: The day reconstruction method. Science, 306, 1776–1780.CrossRef

Kahneman, D., & Riis, J. (2005). Living and thinking about it: Two perspectives on life. In F. A. Huppert, N. Baylis, & B. Keverne (Eds.), The science of well-being (pp. 285–304). New York: Oxford University Press.

Lucas, R. E. (2008). Personality and subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 171–194). New York: Guilford Press.

Lucas, R. E., & Clark, A. E. (2006). Do people really adapt to marriage? Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 405–426.CrossRef

Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B. (2007). How stable is happiness? Using the STARTS model to estimate stability of life satisfaction. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 1091–1098.CrossRef

Lucas, R. E., & Dyrenforth, P. S. (2006). Does the existence of social relationships matter for subjective well-being? In K. D. Vohs & E. J. Finkel (Eds.), Self, relationships: Connecting intrapersonal, interpersonal processes (pp. 254–273). New York: Guilford Press.

Lucas, R. E., & Schimmack, U. (2009). Income and well-being: How big is the gap between the rich and the poor? Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 75–78.CrossRef

Luttmer, E. F. P. (2005). Neighbors as negatives: Relative earnings and well-being. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120, 963–1002.

Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). The how of happiness: A scientific approach to getting the life you want. New York: Penguin Press.

Martinez-Martin, P. (2010). Composite rating scales. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 289, 7–11.CrossRef

Minkov, M. (2009). Nations with more dialectical selves exhibit lower polarization in life quality judgments and social opinions. Behavior Science Research, 43, 230–250.

Moriarty, D. G., Zack, M. M., Holt, J. B., Chapman, D. P., & Safran, M. A. (2009). Geographic pattern of frequent mental distress: US adults, 1993–2001 and 2003–2006. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 36, 497–505.CrossRef

Moriarty, D. G., Zack, M. M. & Kobau, R. (2003). The centers for disease control and prevention’s healthy days measures—Population tracking of perceived physical and mental health over time. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 1, 37.CrossRef

Oishi, S., Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Suh, E. M. (2009). Cross-cultural variations in predictors of life satisfaction: Perspectives from needs and values. In E. Diener (Ed.), Culture and well-being: The collected works of Ed Diener (pp. 109–127). New York: Springer.

Oswald, A. J., & Wu, S. (2010). Objective confirmation of subjective measures of human well-being: Evidence from the U.S.A. Science, 327, 576–579.CrossRef

Plaut, V. C., Markus, H. R., & Lachman, M. E. (2002). Place matters: Consensual features and regional variation in American well-being and self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 160–184.CrossRef

Rentfrow, P. J., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2008). A theory of the emergence, persistence, and expression of geographic variation in psychological characteristics. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 339–369.CrossRef

Rentfrow, P. J., Mellander, C., & Florida, R. (2009). Happy States of America: A state level analysis of psychological, economic and social well-being. Journal of Research in Psychology, 43, 1073–1082.CrossRef

Schkade, D. A., & Kahneman, D. (1998). Does living in Califorina make people happy? A focusing illusion in judgments of life satisfaction. Psychological Science, 9, 340–346.CrossRef

Schwarz, N., & Strack, F. (1999). Reports of subjective well-being: Judgmental processes and their methodological implications. In D. Kahneman, E. Deiner, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (pp. 61–84). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

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

Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive psychology progress: Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, 60, 410–421.CrossRef

Sin, N. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2009). Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: A practice-friendly meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 467–487.CrossRef

Stevenson, B., & Wolfers, J. (2008). Economic growth and subjective well-being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1, 1–87.CrossRef

Trzesniewski, K. H., Donnellan, M. B., & Lucas, R. E. (2010). Secondary Data Analysis: An Introduction for Psychologists. Washington, DC: APA.

Van de Vijver, F. J. R., van Hemert, D. A., & Poortinga, Y. H. (Eds.). (2008). Multilevel analysis of individuals and cultures. New York: Taylor & Francis Group/Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Veenhoven, R. (1995). The cross-national pattern of happiness: Test of predictions implied in three theories of happiness. Social Indicators Research, 34, 33–68.CrossRef

Wilson, W. (1967). Correlates of avowed happiness. Psychological Bulletin, 67, 294–306.CrossRef

Titel: Predictors of Regional Well-Being: A County Level Analysis
verfasst von: Nicole M. Lawless
Richard E. Lucas
Publikationsdatum: 01.05.2011
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-010-9667-7

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 3/2011

Empirical Research on Factors Related to the Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Urban Residents

Capability and Health Functioning in Ethiopian Households

Socio-demographic Correlates of Subjective Well-being in Urban India

Social Diversity, Institutions and Trust: A Cross-National Analysis

Welfare Attitudes and Social Expenditure: Do Regimes Shape Public Opinion?

The Incompatibility of Materialism and the Desire for Children: Psychological Insights into the Fertility Discrepancy Among Modern Countries