Fairness and well-being measurement

Well-Being in Adolescence: Fitting Measurement Model

Well-being has been given special emphasis in quality of life. It involves living a meaningful, life satisfaction, stability and happiness in life. Well-being also concerns the satisfaction of physical, psychological, social needs and demands of an individual. The purpose of this study was to validate three-factor measurement model of well-being using structural equation modeling (SEM). The con...

Methodological considerations in the measurement of subjective well-being 2. METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE MEASUREMENT OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING

Participatory Approaches and the Measurement of Human Well-being

This paper considers the use of participatory methods in international development research, and asks what contribution these can make to the definition and measurement of well-being. It draws on general lessons arising from the project level, two larger-scale policy research processes sponsored by the World Bank, and the experience of quality of life studies. It also considers emerging experim...

Anthropometric History , Gender and the Measurement of Well - Being

During the last two decades, economic and social historians have often used height and other anthropometric indicators to investigate the well-being of earlier generations. Although much of this research has focused specifically on the heights and weights of men, there is also a growing body of evidence relating to women and to children of both sexes, and this work has enabled anthropometric hi...

Measurement and Public Policy Uses of Subjective Well-Being

Over the centuries happiness, or more broadly, well-being has been subject o f unremitting debate. Recently, measures of so-called subjective well-being (SWB; e.g. self-reported happiness) have gained prominence and are receiving increasing attention from scientists, policy makers and the public alike. A consensus appears to be emerging that people’s self­ assessment of how well life is going c...