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On the Measurement of Multidimensional Well-Being in Some Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa

In: Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa

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  • Joseph Deutsch

    (Bar-Ilan University)

  • Herman Musahara

    (University of Rwanda
    OSSREA (Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa))

  • Jacques Silber

    (Bar-Ilan University
    LISER)

Abstract

Using data from the AfroBarometer survey, this chapter derives measures of overall well-being for six Eastern African countries (Burundi, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique) for which enough data were available to take a broad enough view of well-being. Correspondence analysis is implemented to aggregate variables in each domain of well-being while overall well-being is derived through efficiency analysis. The chapter compares the findings concerning overall well-being with those based on its narrow view, one whose focus is only on material well-being. It appears that the two main determinants of material well-being are the educational level of the individual and his/her area of residence. For the measure of overall well-being the findings were less clear-cut.

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  • Joseph Deutsch & Herman Musahara & Jacques Silber, 2016. "On the Measurement of Multidimensional Well-Being in Some Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, in: Almas Heshmati (ed.), Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa, chapter 0, pages 191-214, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:esichp:978-3-319-30981-1_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30981-1_9
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    Cited by:

    1. David G. Blanchflower, 2020. "Is Happiness U-shaped Everywhere? Age and Subjective Well-being in 132 Countries," NBER Working Papers 26641, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Iddisah Sulemana & Louis Doabil & Ebenezer Bugri Anarfo, 2019. "International Remittances and Subjective Wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Micro-level Study," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 40(3), pages 524-539, September.
    3. David G. Blanchflower, 2021. "Is happiness U-shaped everywhere? Age and subjective well-being in 145 countries," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 34(2), pages 575-624, April.

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