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Subjective Well-Being in Rural India: The Curse of Conspicuous Consumption
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Linssen, Rik; van Kempen, Luuk; Kraaykamp, Gerbert – Social Indicators Research, 2011
Using data on 697 individuals from 375 rural low income households in India, we test expectations on the effects of relative income and conspicuous consumption on subjective well-being. The results of the multi-level regression analyses show that individuals who spent more on conspicuous consumption report lower levels of subjective well-being.…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Foreign Countries, Television, Rural Areas
Human Well Being: A Decile Group Analysis on Indian Household Data
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Das, Saswati – Social Indicators Research, 2008
This is an attempt to measure human well being across different sections of the society in India over time where sections have been made in terms of ten decile groups of income. In this context, the extent to which rural sector is lagging behind the urban sector is another dimension of the study. The study uses grouped household data, collected…
Descriptors: Well Being, Foreign Countries, Social Indicators, Family Income