Socio-economic determinants leading to individual's well-being of urban households

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Socio-economic determinants leading to individual's well-being of urban households

Original language description

The social-economic and environment factors have shown direct effect to the well-being of individuals and communities. The aim of this paper is to examine the determinants of well-being of people of urban households in Sri Lanka. The sample of the study consisted with randomly selected 132 household heads from Matale municipal area, Central Province in Sri Lanka. A structured questionnaire and interviews were used to collect data from respondents. Descriptive statistical methods and logistic regression model were used to identify factors affecting household's well-being. Three separate regressions are estimated for general happiness, feeling of prosperous household, and satisfaction with the living environment. The results of logistic regression for general happiness reveals that savings with the formal financial sector, participation in the community activities, and network with outside community have a positive and significant effect on well-being of people of households. Besides this individual's feeling of their prosperousness discloses that savings with the formal financial sector and networks with outside community have a positive effect on well-being of individuals. At the same time, participating in community activities, membership in community associations and networks with outside community were identified as significant factors of general satisfaction of people living in urban areas. In addition, socio demographic factors used in this study have shown insignificant effect on all aspects of the well-being. Promotion programmes on household savings and social capital in community and regional levels are suggested to improve the well-being of the people who are living in city areas of the country.

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AE - Management, administration and clerical work

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

The USV Annals of Economics and Public Administration

ISSN

2285-3332

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Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

RO - ROMANIA

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1-11

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