ON THE TRAIL OF THE GOLD STANDARD FOR SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING

Authors
Citation
Ra. Cummins, ON THE TRAIL OF THE GOLD STANDARD FOR SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING, Social indicators research, 35(2), 1995, pp. 179-200
Citations number
65
Categorie Soggetti
Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
ISSN journal
03038300
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
179 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-8300(1995)35:2<179:OTTOTG>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The absence of a 'gold standard' for subjective well-being has severel y hampered the interpretation of data from empirical studies. This pap er demonstrates a remarkable consistency among the results of 16 studi es that have investigated 'life satisfaction' among large samples draw n from the general population. It is concluded that a population stand ard for 'life satisfaction' can be expressed as 75.0 +/- 2.5 percent o f the measurement scale maximum score.