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The well-being indicators differ among societies because they are driven by many different things including cultural values and religious and environmental conditions. Thus, well-being indicators can also be subjective in nature. It is therefore important that when determining the well-being of societies, we should not use only objective indicators but the subjective ones as well.
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The international community uses standardized indicators such as literacy rates, type of energy used, access to health facilities, and income to determine people’s well-being in both developed and developing countries. Nevertheless, using such standardized indicators may not always be appropriate. Applying the United Nations Human Development Index, Australia is among the top countries because of its high literacy, low mortality, and high income, but Blachflower and Oswald’s (2005) study shows that most Australians’ sense of well-being is compromised because of low job satisfaction....
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Arku, F.S. (2014). Rural Men and Women Well-Being in Ghana. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3744
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