Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2013
Keywords
subjective well-being, response scales, life satisfaction
Abstract
Using the American Life Panel, we conduct an experiment to investigate the relations between various evaluative and experienced well-being measures based on the English Longitudinal Study of Aging, the Gallup Wellbeing Index, and a 12-item Hedonic Well-Being module. We find that all evaluative measures load on the same factor, but the positive and negative experienced affect measures load on different factors. We find evidence of an effect of response scales on both the estimated number of underlying factors and their relations with demographics. We conclude that finer scales allowing more nuanced answers offer more reliability.
Series Title
CESR Working Paper
Series Number
2013-005
Citation
Kapteyn, A., Lee, J., Tassot, C., Vonkova, H., & Zamarro, G. (2013). Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being. Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/edrepub/96
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