Republic of the Philippines

PHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITY

The National Center for Teacher Education
Mindanao
The Multicultural Education Hub
Prosperidad, Agusan Del Sur

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Lyn Heart S. Demetrio FLA 3 Prof. Rose Arquion

Good Life

How good life is perceived in different groups/cultures around the world?

THE MANY WAYS TO MEASURE A ‘GOOD’ LIFE
Ethnic groups/culture Mexicans Americans Norwegians French Turks
(Mexico) (U.S.A) (Norway) (France) (Turkey)
Income & Wealth
 Financial -1.04 3.35 -0.83 0.23 -1.26
wealth
 Household -1.67 2.43 1.37 0.62
income
Job and earnings
 Earnings -1.99 1.51 1.02 0.22
 Employment -0.85 0.16 1.10 -0.35 -2.28
 Job security 0.22 0.10 0.99 -0.37 -1.43
 Long-term 0.85 0.53 0.78 -0.15 0.39
unemployment
Work-life balance
 Time off -1.02 1.02 2.20
 Working -2.39 -0.32 0.69 0.05 -3.82
hours
Housing
 Basic -0.65 0.64 0.67 0.51 -3.34
sanitation
 Housing
 affordability -0.07 1.16 1.78 -0.07
 Rooms per 1.68 0.74 0.27 -1.38
person -1.61

Environmental
quality 0.14 0.69 1.30 0.00 -1.03
 Air quality -1.68 0.14 1.05 -0.13 2.18
 Water quality
Health status
 Life -2.49 -0.73 0.60 0.82 -1.70
expectancy
 Perceived -0.25 1.41 0.54 -0.12 -0.08
health
Education and skills
 Adult skills -0.94 0.66
 Cognitive -3.00 -0.19 -0.05 0.10 -1.31
skills
 Educational -2.41 0.88 0.41 -0.05 -2.64
attainment
Social connections
 Social support -2.34 0.13 0.81 -0.39 -0.61
Civic engagement
 Voter turnout -0.55 -0.16 0.66 0.84 1.41
Personal security
 Deaths due to -5.39 -0.83 0.32 0.32 0.17
assault
 Reported -3.94 1.09 0.31 -0.43 -0.47
victimization
Subjective well-being
 Life 0.13 0.76 1.02 -0.13 -1.27
satisfaction
Total -1.48 0.54 0.74 0.18 -1.27
Above average (>1.0) Average (-1.0 to 1.0) Below average (<-1.0)

Source: OECD, How’s Life? 2015: Measuring Well-being https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-

tank/2015/10/29/measuring-the-good-life-around-the-world/ft_15-10-28_oecdbetterlife_table/
 ETHIC WORLD LIFE OTHER INFORMATION
GROUPS/CULTUR HAPPINESS SATISFACTION
ES INDEX (2019) SCALE: 0 - 10

MEXICANS 6.595/1.65% 6.5 Strong human connections and

(Mexico) interpersonal relationships are top and
strong factors that make Mexican
people happy.
AMERICANS 6.892/0.09% 6.9 In the United States, freedom and
(U.S.A) personal achievement are great factors
in the construction of happiness.
NORWEGIANS 7.554/-0.53% 7.6 According to the 2017 World
(Norway) Happiness Report, in International Day
of Happiness, Norway is considered the
world's happiest country. Norwegians'
happiness is due to having a great
education system, economic growth,
high life expectancy, an abundance of
generosity, social support, and freedom.
FRENCH 6.592/1.59% 6.5
(France) The French don't star very high in
the ranking on the world happiness
report. French have a status for being a
little bit grumpy, but we'll mind that a
whole industry is turning the country
around the matter of wellness (Tom
Burges, 2017).

TURKS 5.373/-2.01% 5.5 Family ties is the top priority for

(Turkey) happiness in many Turks. Family is one
of the prime factors to make Turkish
people happy. Many Turks say that
happiness resides in the
family(Burcu, A. O. &
Tuncay K.,2014)

Sources: Sources:
“OECD Better Life Index” Burcu, A. O., & Tuncay K. (2014) Turks
“Family ties http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/life- find happiness in family life. Anadolu
and social satisfaction/ Agency.https://www.aa.com.tr/en/life/tur
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priorities for https://countryeconomy.com/demography/worl
d-happiness-index
happiness in Marques, D. (2019) What makes people
different happy across the world: happiness in
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