Subjective and objective well-being measurements: complement or substitute?
There are schools of thought that study and measure subjective well-being and propose it as a substitute for objective well-being measurements. We should value and utilize the advantages and disadvantages of both versions of well-being, which requires, first of all, to rigorously explore their conce...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Acta Sociológica |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/57829 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/ras/article/view/57829 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Subjective well-being objective well-being life satisfaction MMIP. Bienestar subjetivo bienestar objetivo satisfacción con la vida |
| Resumo: | There are schools of thought that study and measure subjective well-being and propose it as a substitute for objective well-being measurements. We should value and utilize the advantages and disadvantages of both versions of well-being, which requires, first of all, to rigorously explore their conceptual and empirical relationship. I argue that in the literature on the subject no trong association between objective and subjective well-being has been found due to the non-robust objective measures of well-being used. I test statistically this statement, analyzing the empirical relationship between objective and subjective well-being in Mexico, using a robust indicator of objective well-being: The integrated Poverty Measurement Method, and find an important empirical association between both types of well-being, which should lead to reassess the importance of objective well-being in its subjective perception. |
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