Measuring Well-Being from Local Perspective: The Case of Lao PDR

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• 作者：Thantavanh Manolom ; Buapun Promphakping
• 关键词：Lao PDR ; Local perspective ; Measuring ; Well ; being
• 刊名：Social Indicators Research
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：123
• 期：2
• 页码：391-409
• 全文大小：463 KB
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• 作者单位：Thantavanh Manolom (1) (2)
  Buapun Promphakping (2)
  
  1. Facilities Trade, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Vientiane, Lao PDR
  2. Research Group on Well-Being and Sustainable Development (WeSD), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, HS 03 Building, 5th Floor, 123 Mitraparp Rd., Muang City (Amphur Muang), Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
  
• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Social Sciences
  Sociology
  Quality of Life Research
  Microeconomics
  Public Health
  Human Geography
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-0921

文摘

Well-being is a contentious concept, and related measurements are socially and culturally sensitive. This paper examines the concept of well-being from the perspective of Lao people. The conceptual framework of the study is based on a framework well-being is comprised of three modes; “having- “thinking-and “doing- The researcher engaged 15 key informants were in-depth interviewed and 35 representatives of households in focus group discussions to ascertain well-being indicators. It is argued that the Lao concept of well-being is entrapped in a dichotomous concept of subjective and objective well-being. This study proposes that well-being indicators of Lao PDR are comprised of 5 components, and 39 indicators; including family well-being (4 indicators), community unity well-being (9 indicators), health well-being (7 indicators), forest and environment well-being (9 indicators), and having enough for sustaining living well-being (10 indicators). Keywords Lao PDR Local perspective Measuring Well-being