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- Title
The Structure of Subjective Well-Being and Its Determinants: A Micro-Data Study for Portugal.
- Authors
Soukiazis, Elias; Ramos, Sara
- Abstract
The Subjective Well-Being status has gained a growing research attention in social sciences during the last decades. The attention given by the academic world to this issue has been followed by the community in general. This line of research is still undeveloped in Portugal, and therefore needs further investigation. The purpose of this study is to analyze the determinants of Life Satisfaction and Happiness, two dimensions of Subjective Well-Being of the Portuguese citizens using micro-data from the European Quality of Life Survey. Ordinary Least Squares regressions and Ordinal Logistic models are estimated to identify the main factors that explain well-being in Portugal. We find that trust in public institutions, satisfaction with material conditions, volunteering activities and employment status have a positive and significant effect on Life Satisfaction. Our evidence also shows that satisfaction with family, satisfaction with material conditions, participation in sport activities, optimism and the marital status are relevant factors in explaining citizen's Happiness in Portugal. The results are similar using Ordinary Least Squares or Maximum Likelihood estimation techniques on ordinal logistic models.
- Subjects
WELL-being; SOCIAL sciences; QUALITY of life; EMPLOYMENT; PORTUGUESE economy
- Publication
Social Indicators Research, 2016, Vol 126, Issue 3, p1375
- ISSN
0303-8300
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11205-015-0938-1