A Quantitative Analysis of Regional Well-Being: Identity and Gender in India, South Africa, the USA and the UK

by Vani Kant Borooah

Using data from the World Values Survey, this book sheds light on the link between happiness and the social group to which one belongs. The work is based on a rigorous statistical analysis of differences in the probability of happiness and life satisfaction between the predominant social group and subordinate groups.

The cases of India and South Africa receive deep attention in dedicated chapters on cast and race, with other chapters considering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367441578
• ISBN13: 9780367441579
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"