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Luhmann, Maike ORCID: 0000-0001-6211-9304, Murdoch, James C., III and Hawkley, Louise C. (2015). Subjective Well-Being in Context: County- and State-Level Socioeconomic Factors and Individual Moderators. Soc. Psychol. Personal Sci., 6 (2). S. 148 - 157. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1948-5514

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Abstract

Subjective well-being (SWB) is not only influenced by people's individual characteristics but also by characteristics of the places where they live. Using data from the Health and Retirement Survey (N = 5,975), we examined whether two indicators of the socioeconomic context (unemployment and poverty rates) are associated with SWB in older adults. The main findings were (a) these contextual variables are differentially related to SWB on the county level and state level in terms of strength and direction, highlighting the importance of distinguishing between different levels of analysis; (b) poverty rate tends to be more strongly associated with life satisfaction and positive affect than with negative affect; and (c) county-level poverty rate is more strongly related to positive affect in poor individuals and county-level unemployment rate is more strongly related to SWB in nonretired individuals, suggesting that the socioeconomic context matters more for people who are directly affected by it.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Luhmann, Maike UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-9304 UNSPECIFIED Murdoch, James C., III UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hawkley, Louise C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-411466
DOI:	10.1177/1948550614548075
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Psychol. Personal Sci.
Volume:	6
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 148 - 157
Date:	2015
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1948-5514
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LIFE SATISFACTION; SUICIDE; METAANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; HAPPINESS; PARADOX; ECOLOGY; NATIONS; EVENTS; INCOME Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/41146