Counting happiness from the individual level to the group level
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-30-2012
Abstract
A procedure for identifying the happy individuals in society is indispensable to efforts to align public policy with the needs of the citizenry. Individual self-reports on happiness, however, must first meet the dual requirements of cardinality and (at least) relative interpersonal comparability before they can be used in conjunction with a counting procedure to give a meaningful estimate of group level happiness. The paper demonstrates a count-based measure of group happiness that exhibits these desired qualities using data from the Philippines.
Recommended Citation
Beja, E.L., Yap, D.B. Counting Happiness from the Individual Level to the Group Level. Soc Indic Res 114, 621–637 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-012-0165-y
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