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Comparative analysis of sociodemographic effects on subjective well-being in Westgermany and in Chile
Vergleichende Analyse der soziodemographischen Auswirkungen auf das subjektive Wohlbefinden in Westdeutschland und in Chile
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Papastefanou, Georgios; Rojas, Osvaldo
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| Corporate Editor | Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen -ZUMA- |
| Abstract | "The debate on effects of national wealth on subjective well-being is mainly based on aggregate analysis of national data with gross national product per capita as one global wealth indicator and life satisfaction ratings as subjective well-being indicator, leading to controversial empirical and theoretical results. To overcome the weakness of this debate we decided for a comparison of a high-developed country (Westgermany) and a developing country (Chile), using this microdata set of the World Values Survey 1990 and indicating national wealth by multivariate sociodemographic characteristics. Further we modeled the effect on subjective well-being with logistic regression differentiating cognitive evaluation (happiness rating) and affective aspects of subjective well-being (positive vs. negative affect scale). The results are pointing on the interaction of several societal institutions like social security system, economic development, marriage regulation by law, and affective response dispositions leading together to specific experiences of basic need deprivation. Further it proved to be meaningful to consider cognitive as well as affective measures of subjective well-being, because specific differences between Chile and Westgermany got visible only by examining additionally affective responses. National wealth indicated by the level of disadvantaged group proportions in the societies of Chile and Westgermany could not explain their subjective well-being differences. Additional socio-psychological indicators of disadvantage and deprivation have to be incorporated into the model of subjective well-being." (author's abstract) Die Diskussion um die Auswirkung nationalen Wohlstands auf das subjektive Wohlbefinden basiert hauptsächlich auf Aggregatanalysen. Dabei gilt als globaler Indikator für Wohlstand und Lebenszufriedenheit in der Regel das Durchschnittseinkommen und das Bruttosozialprodukt. Um den Defizite einer solchen Vorgehensweise mit ihren widersprüchlichen empirischen und theoretischen Ergebnissen zu begegnen, wurde mit einem Vergleich zwischen einer westlichen Industrienation und einem Entwicklungsland der nationale Wohlstand anhand soziodemographischer Merkmale untersucht. Dabei ging es darum, zwischen kognitiven Bewertungen (Bewertung von Glück) und affektiven Aspekten des subjektiven Wohlbefindens zu unterscheiden. Die Ergebnisse der Untersuchung weisen auf eine Interaktion verschiedener sozialer Faktoren wie z.B. das Sozialversicherungssystem, die Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Familien- und Eherecht und Statuszuweisung hin, die gemeinsam zu spezifischen Deprivationserfahrungen führen können. Somit konnte herausgearbeitet werden, dass zusätzliche sozio-psychologische Indikatoren für Benachteiligung und soziale Deprivation in ein Modell des subjektiven Wohlbefindens mit eingebaut werden müssen. (ICH) |
| Keywords | Chile; Federal Republic of Germany; developing country; demographic factors; social factors; prosperity; international comparison; deprivation; satisfaction; happiness; social deprivation; affluence; social indicators; gross national product; cognition; affectivity |
| Classification | General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories; Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology |
| Method | empirical; qualitative empirical |
| Document language | English |
| Publication Year | 1997 |
| City | Mannheim |
| Page/Pages | 28 p. |
| Series | ZUMA-Arbeitsbericht, 1997/02 |
| Status | Published Version; reviewed |
| Licence | Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications |
| Document Type | working paper |