Probing Folk Happiness in Taiwan |
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Authors: | Po-Keung Ip Yuet-Wah Cheung |
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Affiliation: | 1. Graduate Institute of Philosophy, National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan 2. Department of Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong
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Abstract: | This paper examines Taiwan’s folk happiness, which means the subjective well-being of the common people. Subjective well-being of people refers to the judgments people make about their life satisfaction or happiness. Such judgments may include their satisfaction of life as a whole (global life satisfaction) or of specific aspects of life (domain satisfaction). Based on survey data from a large sample, the life satisfaction of people is investigated in two aspects—people’s personal life and their perceived conditions of living in Taiwan, respectively presented as personal well-being and national well-being or societal well-being. The meanings of the well-being findings are interpreted against the socio-political environment of Taiwan. The paper also examines the socio-demographic aspects, including gender, age, marital status, education, income, religion of the folk happiness of Taiwan. It is found that people in Taiwan are moderately happy. |
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