Comparing weighting systems in the measurement of subjective well-being
There is a growing literature on the assessment of quality of life (QOL) and subjective well-being (SWB) through composite indicators (CI), obtained by aggregating subjective measures of people well-being. Besides the measurement of elementary indicators, the principal challenges in constructing SWB...
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| description | There is a growing literature on the assessment of quality of life (QOL) and subjective well-being (SWB) through composite indicators (CI), obtained by aggregating subjective measures of people well-being. Besides the measurement of elementary indicators, the principal challenges in constructing SWB indicator are the aggregation and weighting system. To this respect, literature hasn’t actually reached a unique consensus. The paper investigates the effects that different weighting systems (equally, factorial and DEA weights) have on the rankings and score distributions of the SWB indicators. Data are provide by a sample survey on the quality of life conducted on the residents in the Romagna area during 2010. Results evidence that diverse weighting techniques produce different SWB score distributions while, to a some extent, rankings are maintained. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7fda9d64fdd46f89a241856cb2dd3342022-12-21T18:25:58ZengUniversity of BolognaStatistica0390-590X1973-22012014-01-0173214316310.6092/issn.1973-2201/41283791Comparing weighting systems in the measurement of subjective well-beingGiovanni Angelini0Cristina Bernini1Andrea Guizzardi2Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaAlma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaAlma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaThere is a growing literature on the assessment of quality of life (QOL) and subjective well-being (SWB) through composite indicators (CI), obtained by aggregating subjective measures of people well-being. Besides the measurement of elementary indicators, the principal challenges in constructing SWB indicator are the aggregation and weighting system. To this respect, literature hasn’t actually reached a unique consensus. The paper investigates the effects that different weighting systems (equally, factorial and DEA weights) have on the rankings and score distributions of the SWB indicators. Data are provide by a sample survey on the quality of life conducted on the residents in the Romagna area during 2010. Results evidence that diverse weighting techniques produce different SWB score distributions while, to a some extent, rankings are maintained.http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/4128Community SWBBottom-up spillover theoryweighting systemrankingRomagna area |
| spellingShingle | Giovanni Angelini Cristina Bernini Andrea Guizzardi Comparing weighting systems in the measurement of subjective well-being Statistica Community SWB Bottom-up spillover theory weighting system ranking Romagna area |
| title | Comparing weighting systems in the measurement of subjective well-being |
| title_full | Comparing weighting systems in the measurement of subjective well-being |
| title_fullStr | Comparing weighting systems in the measurement of subjective well-being |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing weighting systems in the measurement of subjective well-being |
| title_short | Comparing weighting systems in the measurement of subjective well-being |
| title_sort | comparing weighting systems in the measurement of subjective well being |
| topic | Community SWB Bottom-up spillover theory weighting system ranking Romagna area |
| url | http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/4128 |
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