Paradox and Perception: Measuring Quality of Life in Latin America

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Adaptation: to economic trends, 16, 18; to health improvements, 185; to insecurity, 142–43, 155; and policy demands, 120 Age factors: and health perceptions, 12, 160, 171–74, 172f, 173t, 174t, 180, 188; and income poverty, 47, 48t, 54; and job insecurity , 239, 240t; and life satisfaction, 7, 99–100, 102t Angel, R. J., 160 Anxiety, 180–83, 189 Argentina: education test scores in, 198; health satisfaction in, 168; income survey in, 24, 25, 27; optimism/pessimism in, 124; personal insecurity due to crime in, 127; poverty statistics in, 31; subjective welfare in, 42 Arias, O., 35 Aristotle, 106 ASE, 35, 36 “Aspiration gap,” 87, 119 “Aspirations paradox,” 9–10, 58 Asset index, 107, 108t, 109 Attenuation effect, 84 Auerbach, P., 228 Banerjee, A., 187 Basic needs and life satisfaction, 1, 51, 52, 103t, 106–09. See also specific services Behrman, Jere R., 1 Belize: job insecurity in, 127; optimism/ pessimism in, 124; personal insecurity due to crime in, 127; violence in, 143 Bentham, J., 99b Benyamini, Y., 160 Blanchflower, D., 98b, 193 Bolivia: educational attainment in, 200; education satisfaction in, 196; housing satisfaction in, 109; income growth in, 61; personal insecurity due to crime in, 127; politics and policies in, 19; poverty statistics in, 31, 36; retirement plans as indicators of employment in, 13, 230, 246; subjective welfare in, 43, 47; violence in, 143 Brain imaging method, 98b Brandolini, A., 32 Brazil: educational attainment in, 200; education test scores in, 198; food insecurity in, 127; health satisfaction in, 162, 168, 174; job insecurity in, 227; politics and policies in, 19; subjective welfare in, 42, 43; violence in, 143 Breen, R., 201 Canada: educational attainment in, 200; educational quality perceptions in, 196; education test scores in, 198 Cantril, H., 3 Capabilities. See Health satisfaction Index 251 Boxes, figures, and tables are indicated by b, f, and t following page numbers. Cárdenas, Mauricio, 12–13, 118, 192 Cardinality vs. ordinality, 17, 122, 213 Cardinal Ordinary Least Squares (COLS), 124, 126, 213, 215t CEDLAS (Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales), 23, 25, 28 Chaparro, Juan Camilo, 9, 57, 96 Chattopadhyay, S., 3, 9, 142 Chen, L. C., 161 Chen, S., 121 Chile: educational quality perceptions in, 195; education satisfaction in, 109; education test scores in, 198; frustration levels in, 9; health satisfaction in, 12, 15, 167–68, 167f, 188; income growth in, 61; job insecurity in, 127; optimism/pessimism in, 124; phone service in, 32; politics and policies in, 19; poverty statistics in, 28, 31, 34; retirement plans as indicators of employment in, 13, 230, 246; subjective welfare in, 42; violence in, 143 Colombia: crime and violence in, 129, 143; educational attainment in, 200; education test scores in, 198; optimism/pessimism in, 124; poverty statistics in, 34 COLS. See Cardinal Ordinary Least Squares Competition as aspect of life satisfaction, 88–89 Computers, access to, 32–34, 51 Consumption choices as indicative of wellbeing , 2 Corbi, Raphael Botura, 13, 227 Costa Rica: educational quality perceptions in, 195, 196; health satisfaction in, 167, 169; income growth in, 61; income survey in, 54; life satisfaction in, 135; optimism/pessimism in, 124; personal insecurity due to crime in, 127; poverty statistics in, 28, 31, 34; standard of living, satisfaction with, 135; subjective welfare in, 42, 43, 54 Crime and personal insecurity, 12, 121–22, 142–43; and educational attainment, 131, 134f, 149, 151t; by income groupings, 130, 133f, 145, 147t, 148t; and life satisfaction, 143, 144t, 145, 154, 155; survey questions and responses, 126–27, 127–29f Cross-country comparisons within LAC, 3, 42, 54. See also specific topics (e.g., health satisfaction) Cross-sectional studies on life satisfaction, 100 Cuba: income survey in, 23, 54; poverty statistics in, 28; subjective welfare in, 54 Culture and collective behavior: and health satisfaction, 160, 169, 171, 188; and life satisfaction, 81t, 82–83, 89 Curi, Andrea Zaitune, 13, 227 Dachs, J. N., 162, 174 D’Alessio, G., 32 Data collection. See Gallup World Poll; Survey data on well-being Day reconstruction method, 98b Deaton, A., 119, 160, 169, 187 Democracies in Latin America, 19 Deprivation, 22–56; and age factors, 47, 48t, 54; construction of measures for subjective assessment, 42–49, 44–46t, 54; cumulative distribution of responses on survey, 43, 44t; dimensionality of, 49–52, 54; and incomebased poverty lines, 52–53; link with wellbeing , 119; and low expectations, 120; nonmonetary deprivation, 32–34, 35t, 54; and welfare, 34–49. See also Income deprivation research Deprivation line, 33–34 Developing countries, 4–5, 228 Diener...