Sustainable happiness of Thai people

Monitoring the Thai Happiness Index

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7850872
AutoresKalayanee Senasu (0000-0002-8244-1330, National Institute of Development Administration)
Ano2020
Volume30
Fascículo5
Páginas541-558
Data de publicação2020-07-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911359.2019.1711282
OpenAlexW3009793555
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas15

This research investigates and monitors Thai people's happiness via the Thai Happiness Index developed by Senasu. The Thai Happiness Index comprises five dimensions: subjective well-being, quality of life, philosophy of living, governance, and standard of living. In addition to reflecting the level of happiness of Thai people, this index also identifies related important issues. The research data were collected from survey data using interviewed questionnaires. The primary data were from stratified multi-stage sampling in each region, province, district, and enumeration area; and simple random sampling in each enumeration area. These data were collected in 13 provinces: Bangkok and 3 provinces in each of all four regions. The data were collected over two consecutive years. There were 3,217 usable responses from the 2017 sampling, and 3,280 usable responses from the 2018 sampling. The Senasu's Thai Happiness Index (THaI) was used to calculate and monitor the happiness level of Thai people in 2017 and 2018. The result reveals the 2018 THaI value is 0.556. When people are divided according to their degree of happiness, it is found that a total of 21.1% of the population are happy. The group of happy population reflects a THaI value of 0.789, which is much higher than the THaI value of 0.494 of the not-yet-happy population. Overall, Thai people have higher happiness compared to 2017 when the happiness index was 0.506, and only 14.6% of the population were happy

Geography · Happiness · Index (typography · Population · Simple random sample · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Statistics · Stratified sampling · Computer Science · Health disparities and outcomes · Mathematics · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Demography · Social Psychology