Investigating the relationship between income and subjective well-being in South Africa.
dc.contributor.advisor | Posel, Dorrit Ruth. | |
dc.contributor.author | Frame, Emily Sarah Nomgcobo. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-30T09:25:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-30T09:25:23Z | |
dc.date.created | 2013 | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.description | M.Dev.Studies University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2013. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Conventional approaches to the analysis of human well-being use money-metric measures such as income or consumption. However, they are heavily criticised for relying on a limited understanding of well-being. In recent decades, subjective measures of well-being have been increasingly presented as providing a more inclusive and holistic perspective of well-being. Using data from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), this dissertation examines the relationship between income, a common money-metric measure of well-being, and life satisfaction, a key indicator of subjective well-being. The results show that income and life satisfaction exhibit a weak but significant positive relationship, one which is stronger at lower levels of income. In addition to income, the analysis identifies a number of other significant correlates of subjective well-being. Furthermore, several differences in the correlates of income and life satisfaction are detected. These results highlight how subjective well-being measures can include information about people’s lived experiences in ways that are not fully captured in objective money-metric measures. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11420 | |
dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en |
dc.subject | Well-being--Economic aspects--South Africa. | en |
dc.subject | Income--South Africa. | en |
dc.subject | Well-being--South Africa. | en |
dc.subject | Theses--Development studies. | en |
dc.title | Investigating the relationship between income and subjective well-being in South Africa. | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
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