Subjective measures of well-being for developing countries
The paper explores the conceptual and methodological issues entailed in using subjective measures of well-being in developing countries. In the first part I define, situate and contrast subjective quality of life (QoL), subjective well-being (SWB), and well-being. I also look at the conceptual and m...
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| description | The paper explores the conceptual and methodological issues entailed in using subjective measures of well-being in developing countries. In the first part I define, situate and contrast subjective quality of life (QoL), subjective well-being (SWB), and well-being. I also look at the conceptual and methodological shortcomings of subjective measures of well-being and suggest ways of overcoming these by combining different approaches. I then explore how an expanded concept of subjective quality of life fits into the theoretical framework of the UK-based Well-being in Developing Countries study (or WeD), specifically how it plans to produce a new, “development-related” profile of quality of life, drawing on the methodology of the WHOQOL group (1995; 1998). |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3f881432-82b7-428b-a464-4621c5b8e1062022-03-26T14:32:34ZSubjective measures of well-being for developing countriesBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248uuid:3f881432-82b7-428b-a464-4621c5b8e106Social psychologyDevelopment and Refugees (see also Sociology)EnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetKluwer Academic Publishers2004Camfield, LGlatzer, Wvon Below, SStoffregen, MThe paper explores the conceptual and methodological issues entailed in using subjective measures of well-being in developing countries. In the first part I define, situate and contrast subjective quality of life (QoL), subjective well-being (SWB), and well-being. I also look at the conceptual and methodological shortcomings of subjective measures of well-being and suggest ways of overcoming these by combining different approaches. I then explore how an expanded concept of subjective quality of life fits into the theoretical framework of the UK-based Well-being in Developing Countries study (or WeD), specifically how it plans to produce a new, “development-related” profile of quality of life, drawing on the methodology of the WHOQOL group (1995; 1998). |
| spellingShingle | Social psychology Development and Refugees (see also Sociology) Camfield, L Subjective measures of well-being for developing countries |
| title | Subjective measures of well-being for developing countries |
| title_full | Subjective measures of well-being for developing countries |
| title_fullStr | Subjective measures of well-being for developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subjective measures of well-being for developing countries |
| title_short | Subjective measures of well-being for developing countries |
| title_sort | subjective measures of well being for developing countries |
| topic | Social psychology Development and Refugees (see also Sociology) |
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