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Social Indicators of Well-Being

Americans' Perceptions of Life Quality

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  • © 1976

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Authors:
  1. Frank M. Andrews

    1. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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  2. Stephen B. Withey

    1. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 1-24

  3. Developing Indicators of Perceived Well-Being

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Identifying and Mapping Concerns

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 27-61

    3. Measuring Global Well-Being

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 63-106

    4. Predicting Global Well-Being: I

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 107-149

    5. Predicting Global Well-Being: II

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 151-173

    6. Evaluating the Measures of Well-Being

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 175-217

    7. Exploring the Dynamics of Evaluation

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 219-245

  4. Well-Being in the United States: Americans’ Perceptions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. Americans’ Well-Being: Specific Life Concerns

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 249-281

    3. Americans’ Well-Being: Differences Among Population Groups

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 283-307

    4. Americans’ Well-Being: Life-as-a-Whole

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 309-335

  5. Future Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 337-337
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    2. Applications

      • Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey
      Pages 339-357

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 359-455
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About this book

This is a study about perceptions of well-being. Its purpose is to investigate how these perceptions are organized in the minds of different groups of American adults, to find valid and efficient ways of measuring these percep­ tions, to suggest ways these measurement methods could be implemented to yield a series of social indicators, and to provide some initial readings on these indicators; i.e., some information about the levels of well-being perceived by Americans. The findings are based on data from more than five thousand Americans and include results from four separate representative samplings of the American population. One of the ways our research is unusual is that it includes a major methodological component. Typical surveys involve a modest effort at instru­ ment development, the application of the instrument to a group of respondents, and an analysis of the resulting data that mainly describes the people studied. Our work, however, was implemented in a series of sequential cycles, each of which consisted of conceptual development, instrument design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Ideas and findings generated in prior cycles affected the design of subsequent cycles.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Indicators of Well-Being

  • Book Subtitle: Americans' Perceptions of Life Quality

  • Authors: Frank M. Andrews, Stephen B. Withey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2253-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2255-9Published: 13 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2253-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 476

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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