Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Easterlin, Richard A.
Sawangfa, Onnicha
Abstract / Description
In the United States happiness, on average, varies positively with socio-economic status; is fairly constant over time; rises to midlife and then declines; and is lower among younger than older birth cohorts. These four patterns of mean happiness can be predicted rather closely from the mean satisfaction people report with each of four domains — finances, family life, work, and health. Even though the domain satisfaction patterns typically differ from each other and from that for happiness, they come together in a way that explains quite well the overall patterns of happiness. The importance of any given domain depends on the happiness relation under study (by socio-economic status, time, age or birth cohort), and no single domain is invariably the key to happiness.
Keyword(s)
Zufriedenheit Zufriedenheit Subjektivität happiness domain satisfaction subjective well-beingPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2007
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;2584
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Easterlin, Richard A.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Sawangfa, Onnicha
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Made available on2008-06-09
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:02:50Z
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Date of first publication2007
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Abstract / DescriptionIn the United States happiness, on average, varies positively with socio-economic status; is fairly constant over time; rises to midlife and then declines; and is lower among younger than older birth cohorts. These four patterns of mean happiness can be predicted rather closely from the mean satisfaction people report with each of four domains — finances, family life, work, and health. Even though the domain satisfaction patterns typically differ from each other and from that for happiness, they come together in a way that explains quite well the overall patterns of happiness. The importance of any given domain depends on the happiness relation under study (by socio-economic status, time, age or birth cohort), and no single domain is invariably the key to happiness.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16445
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1122
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8963
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofIZA Discussion Paper Series No. 2584
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Is part of seriesForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;2584
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Keyword(s)Zufriedenheitde
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Keyword(s)Zufriedenheitde
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Keyword(s)Subjektivitätde
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Keyword(s)happinessen
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Keyword(s)domain satisfactionen
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Keyword(s)subjective well-beingen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleHappiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidenceen
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DRO typereport
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok