Perceived Sources of Happiness: Things Bhutanese think would make them live a truly happy life.
The Royal Government of Bhutan is constitutionally mandated to promote enabling conditions for people to pursue happiness. Although investigator-determined sources of happiness such as nine domains and 33 indicators of GNH index are being discussed widely among the policymakers and used as planning...
| Published in: | Journal of Bhutan Studies Vol. 39; pp. 38 - 79 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=137714173&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 137714173 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1608411X 461R jtl: Journal of Bhutan Studies issn: 1608411X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Winter2018 vid: 39 pid: 37912 pub: Centre for Bhutan Studies artinfo: ui: 137714173 ppf: 38 ppct: 41 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 3.1MB tig: atl: Perceived Sources of Happiness: Things Bhutanese think would make them live a truly happy life. aug: au: Wangdi, Karma affil: Centre for Bhutan & GNH Studies, Thimphu, Bhutan su: Job satisfaction Happiness Bhutan sug: subj: Bhutan Job satisfaction Happiness keyword: GNH Gross National Happiness participant-generated sources of happiness ab: The Royal Government of Bhutan is constitutionally mandated to promote enabling conditions for people to pursue happiness. Although investigator-determined sources of happiness such as nine domains and 33 indicators of GNH index are being discussed widely among the policymakers and used as planning tools, participant-generated sources of happiness has not been studied in detail, let alone featuring in policy discourse. This study is aimed at answering two questions: a) what are the perceived sources of happiness for Bhutanese, and b) how does the perceived sources of happiness differ among people belonging to different socio-demographic subgroups. Text data collected through nationally representative sample survey involving 8,871 Bhutanese aged 15 years or older using open-ended question was content analysed, classified and coded using inductive category development approach and deductive category application approach. Inter-rater reliability test using Cohen's kappa (Κ) was conducted to ensure reliability of classification and coding process. A total of 18,850 statements of the perceived sources of happiness reported by 7,141 respondents were classified into 18 major categories and 42 sub-categories of sources of happiness. The most frequently cited source of happiness among 18 major categories is 'money and financial security' (19.6%) followed by 'health and wellbeing' (13.5%), 'asset ownership' (11.9%), 'family and family relationships' (11.2%), 'access to facilities and services' (11.1%), 'education, employment and future success of significant others' (8.8%), and 'education, employment and job satisfaction' (7.2%). The remaining 11 categories accounted for about 17 percent of the total responses. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Bhutan Studies is the property of Centre for Bhutan Studies and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Bhutan Studies holder: Centre for Bhutan Studies dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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