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MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS
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“The affective part is an evaluation influenced by emotions and feelings, for example, the frequency by which individuals experience pleasant or unpleasant moods in reaction to life circumstances (Diener, 1997).”
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“Diener (1997) inferred that the cognitive component of psychological well-being is an information-based appraisal of ones life satisfaction.”
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“For, example, Americans, on average, scored between 7.2 and 7.5 on a ten point scale during the period 1970–1990 (Diener and Suh, 1997: 211).”
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“He focuses on the same set of objective QOL dimensions used by Diener and Suh (1997) in their comparison of subjective and objective measures of QOL and examines their relative importance across the United States, France, and Turkey.”
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Relative Income, Inequality and Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence for Brazil
Maia, A. G. (2013) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-012-0135-4 · Cited by 43
“Moreover, SWB include a global assessment of other aspects of social life, such as feelings of joy, pleasure, contentment and life satisfaction (Diener and Suh 1997).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialMonitoring quality of life in cities: The Durban case
Møller, V. (2001) · Development Southern Africa · doi:10.1080/037/68350120041910 · Cited by 43
“Prominent quality of life researchers Diener & Suh (1997) argue that social indicators of both the subjective and the objective variety are needed to fully understand human quality of life and to make informed policy decisions.”
BackgroundSubjective Wellbeing and its Meaning for Young People in a Rural Australian Center
Bourke, L., & Geldens, P. M. (2006) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-006-9031-0 · Cited by 47
Evaluating the quality of life for sustainable urban development
Takano, T., Morita, H., Nakamura, S., et al. (2023) · Cities · doi:10.1016/j.cities.2023.104561 · Cited by 42
Liu, Y., Dijst, M., & Geertman, S. C. M. (2015) · Cities · doi:10.1016/j.cities.2015.06.012 · Cited by 41
“These factors vary largely from subjective needs satisfaction to objective health conditions, from social networks to physical built environments, and from life goals to instrumental behaviors and means (Diener, 2009; Diener & Suh, 1997; Walker & Mollenkopf, 2007).”
BackgroundAkhmat, G., Zaman, K., Tan, S., Javed, Y., & Khan, S. R. (2013) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-013-0538-x · Cited by 43
Biodiversity, environmental health and human well-being: analysis of linkages and pathways
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“It also agrees with Diener and Suh (1997) who reported that people’s well-being improves as they aged.”
ResultHow Do We Value Our Reefs? Risks and Tradeoffs Across Scales in “Biomass-Based” Economies
Hicks, C. C. (2011) · Coastal Management · doi:10.1080/08920753.2011.589219 · Cited by 42
“These values are often reflected as the contribution of a good or service to well-being; social, economic, or environmental (Larson 2009 ; Diener and Suh 1997 ).”
BackgroundAllred, S. B., Washington‐Ottombre, C., & Miller, B. K. (2008) · Landscape and Urban Planning · doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.12.003 · Cited by 42
“Building on the commonalities and being aware of these differences, local planning officials can “make informed policy decisions” that incorporate natural resource protections into planning for growth and development (Diener and Suh, 1997).”
BackgroundAlfaro, J., Guzmán, J., Sirlopú, D., García, C., Reyes, F., & Gaudlitz, L. (2016) · Anales de Psicología · doi:10.6018/analesps.32.2.217441 · Cited by 50
“Delimitando aún más esta noción, se entiende que el bienestar subjetivo está constituido por tres dimensiones interrelacionadas: los afectos positivos, los afectos negativos y la satisfacción con la vida (Diener & Suh, 1997; Pavot & Diener, 1993).”
BackgroundSocial Sustainability in an Ageing Chinese Society: Towards an Integrative Conceptual Framework
Liu, Y., Dijst, M., Geertman, S. C. M., & Cui, C. (2017) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su9040658 · Cited by 43
“, entertainment and socio-economic resources) [39,44,45].”
Biedenweg, K. A., Harguth, H., & Stiles, K. A. (2017) · Ecology and Society · doi:10.5751/es-09424-220311 · Cited by 42
“For example, the primary social metrics used historically have been economic indicators (Diener and Suh 1997) such as natural resource jobs and GDP.”
BackgroundGao, Y., Rasouli, S., Timmermans, H. J. P., et al. (2018) · Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice · doi:10.1016/j.tra.2018.10.029 · Cited by 42
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Galati, D., Manzano, M., & Sotgiu, I. (2006) · Social Science Information · doi:10.1177/0539018406069594 · Cited by 44
“In line with results emerging from recent economic studies, it seems that it reflects the social and economic situation in other highly developed nations as well, such as Japan and several European countries (Blanchflower and Oswald, 2004; Christoph and Noll, 2003; Diener and Suh, 1997; Easterlin, 1995; Oswald, 1997).”
BackgroundResultLoneliness and Life Satisfaction in Adolescents with Divorced and Non- Divorced Parents
Çivitçi, N., Çivitçi, A., & Fiyakali, N. C. (2009) · Educational Sciences Theory & Practice · Cited by 41
Anglo‐American capitalism: the role and potential role of social accounting
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“Diener and Suh (1997) argue that the use of social indicators to gauge individuals’ subjective view of their quality of life is necessary to add to policy makers’ appreciation of the fortunes of different groups within a society’s population.”
BackgroundQuality of life of Nigerian stroke survivors during first 12 months post-stroke
Gbiri, C. A., & Akinpelu, A. O. (2012) · Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal · doi:10.1016/j.hkpj.2012.01.004 · Cited by 41
Makarewicz, C., & Németh, J. (2017) · Cities · doi:10.1016/j.cities.2017.12.001 · Cited by 41
“Income only seems to impact SWB up to the point that one's basic needs are met and personal goals achieved (Diener & Suh, 1997).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Diener, E., & Suh, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Venue
- Social Indicators Research
- Published
- 1997-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 189-216
- ISSN
- 0303-8300 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0921
- OpenAlex
- W2153621036
- Semantic Scholar
- c068312ebaa8742299008d37f57cdce5f960a26a
- Cited by
- 2,092
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 68 · 2025: 109 · 2024: 98 · 2023: 115 · 2022: 81 · 2021: 129 · 2020: 133 · 2019: 118 · 2018: 94 · 2017: 111 · 2016: 94 · 2015: 105 · 2014: 99 · 2013: 100 · 2012: 97
- FWCI
- 45.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Social Indicators Research (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Quality of Life Measurement
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Keywords
- quality of life, well-being measurement, subjective well-being, social indicators, economic indicators, crime, normative ideals, good life, policy evaluation
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