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Social integration and subjective wellbeing

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  • Samuelson Appau
  • Sefa Awaworyi Churchill
  • Lisa Farrell

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Using data from the UK Community Life Survey, we examine the relationship between social integration and subjective wellbeing. We measure social integration along various dimensions, including frequency of interaction with one’s neighbors, perceived strength of belonging to one’s immediate neighborhood and country, length of residence in a neighborhood, and trust in neighbors. Overall, we find that social integration is associated with higher levels of subjective wellbeing. Specifically, our results suggest that an increase in the frequency of interaction with one’s neighbors is associated with an increase in subjective wellbeing. Similarly, an increase in respondent’s perceived strength of belonging to their immediate neighborhood (and country) is associated with an increase in subjective wellbeing. We further discover that an increase in the length of residence in a neighborhood is associated with an increase in subjective wellbeing, and this is also the case for an increase in the level of trust in one’s neighbour.

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  • Samuelson Appau & Sefa Awaworyi Churchill & Lisa Farrell, 2019. "Social integration and subjective wellbeing," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(16), pages 1748-1761, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:51:y:2019:i:16:p:1748-1761
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1528340
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