Individual- and Neighbourhood-Level Indicators of Subjective Well-Being in a Small and Poor Eastern Cape Township: The Effect of Health,Social Capital,Marital Status,and Income |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">J?M?CrammEmail author V?M?ller A?P?Nieboer |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Health Policy & Management (iBMG), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands;(2) Rhodes University of Grahamstown, Grahamstown, South Africa |
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Abstract: | Our study used multilevel regression analysis to identify individual- and neighbourhood-level factors that determine individual-level
subjective well-being in Rhini, a deprived suburb of Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The Townsend
index and Gini coefficient were used to investigate whether contextual neighbourhood-level differences in socioeconomic status
determined individual-level subjective well-being. Crime experience, health status, social capital, and demographic variables
were assessed at the individual level. The indicators of subjective well-being were estimated with a two-level random-intercepts
and fixed slopes model. Social capital, health and marital status (all p < .001), followed by income level (p < .01) and the Townsend score (p < .05) were significantly related to individual-level subjective well-being outcomes. Our findings showed that individual-level
subjective well-being is influenced by neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status as measured by the Townsend deprivation score.
Individuals reported higher levels of subjective well-being in less deprived neighbourhoods. Here we wish to highlight the
role of context for subjective well-being, and to suggest that subjective well-being outcomes may also be defined in ecological
terms. We hope the findings are useful for implementing programs and interventions designed to achieve greater subjective
well-being for people living in deprived areas. |
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