Individual- and Neighbourhood-Level Indicators of Subjective Well-Being in a Small and Poor Eastern Cape Township: The Effect of Health, Social Capital, Marital Status, and Income

Autor/inn/en	Cramm, J. M.; Moller, V.; Nieboer, A. P.
Titel	Individual- and Neighbourhood-Level Indicators of Subjective Well-Being in a Small and Poor Eastern Cape Township: The Effect of Health, Social Capital, Marital Status, and Income
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 105 (2012) 3, S.581-593 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9790-0
Schlagwörter	Socioeconomic Status; Marital Status; Income; Poverty; Health; Well Being; Foreign Countries; Social Capital; Neighborhoods; Regression (Statistics); Disadvantaged; Intervention; Crime; Suburbs; Context Effect; Social Indicators; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Familienstand; Einkommen; Armut; Gesundheit; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ausland; Sozialkapital; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Einzugsbereich; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Our study used multilevel regression analysis to identify individual- and neighbourhood-level factors that determine individual-level subjective well-being in Rhini, a deprived suburb of Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The Townsend index and Gini coefficient were used to investigate whether contextual neighbourhood-level differences in socioeconomic status determined individual-level subjective well-being. Crime experience, health status, social capital, and demographic variables were assessed at the individual level. The indicators of subjective well-being were estimated with a two-level random-intercepts and fixed slopes model. Social capital, health and marital status (all p less than 0.001), followed by income level (p less than 0.01) and the Townsend score (p less than 0.05) were significantly related to individual-level subjective well-being outcomes. Our findings showed that individual-level subjective well-being is influenced by neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status as measured by the Townsend deprivation score. Individuals reported higher levels of subjective well-being in less deprived neighbourhoods. Here we wish to highlight the role of context for subjective well-being, and to suggest that subjective well-being outcomes may also be defined in ecological terms. We hope the findings are useful for implementing programs and interventions designed to achieve greater subjective well-being for people living in deprived areas. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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