Including Older Adults in Development Goals: Is Subjective Wellbeing the Answer? A Case Study of Older South Africans
研究南非50岁以上人群的人类发展指标与主观幸福感的关系，发现教育、社会经济地位和健康与幸福感相关，但关联强度因测量方式而异。
Measures of subjective wellbeing are gaining importance as indicators of overall societal progress, yet the majority of studies come from higher income countries. This paper explores the relationship between human development indicators and measures of subjective wellbeing among persons aged 50-plus in South Africa. Using the first nationally representative population-based study of older South Africans, WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (WHO SAGE), this paper adds to a small but growing literature on subjective wellbeing in lower-income countries. Results indicate that education, socio-economic status and health are, in fact, correlated with measures of subjective wellbeing, but the relationships and strength of the relationships differ depending on the measure used to assess wellbeing.