Personal Wellbeing Index in a National Cohort of 87,134 Thai Adults

Autor/inn/en	Yiengprugsawan, V.; Seubsman, S.; Khamman, S.; Lim, L. L.-Y.; Sleigh, A. C.
Titel	Personal Wellbeing Index in a National Cohort of 87,134 Thai Adults
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 98 (2010) 2, S.201-215 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-009-9542-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Individual Characteristics; Open Universities; Life Satisfaction; Living Standards; Adult Students; Measures (Individuals); Social Indicators; College Students; Student Attitudes; Cohort Analysis; Measurement; Sociometric Techniques; Comparative Analysis; Economic Factors; Social Influences; Religious Factors; Socioeconomic Influences; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Well Being; Rural Urban Differences; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Offene Universität; Lebensvollendung; Lebensstandard; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Messdaten; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Kohortenanalyse; Messverfahren; Soziometrie; Ökonomischer Faktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Stadt-Land-Beziehung
Abstract	Satisfaction with life correlates with other measures of subjective wellbeing and correlates predictably with individual characteristics and overall health. Social indicators and subjective wellbeing measures are necessary to evaluate a society and can be used to produce national indicators of happiness. This study therefore aims to help close the gap in wellbeing data for Thailand. The specific aims are to: (1) calculate the Thai PWI and domain scores using a large scale sample; (2) examine the level of life satisfaction of Thais when compared to international standards; (3) examine the Thai PWI and domains in relation to demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics. Our report derives from the findings on the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) in a large national cohort of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University adult students living all over Thailand (n = 87,134). This Thai cohort had an overall PWI of 70.0 on a scale from 0 to 100 which is consistent with Western populations. The "spirituality and religion" domain had the highest average score. "Standard of living", "future security" and "achievement in life" made the largest contribution to overall "satisfaction in life as a whole". These domains also show a positive trend with increasing age, being married, higher income, more education, more household assets, and rural residence. The PWI will be an important tool for policymakers to understand the subjective wellbeing of population groups especially as Thailand is undergoing a political and economic transition. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10