AUTHOR=Salameh Anas A. , Amin Sajid , Danish Muhammad Hassan , Asghar Nabila , Naveed Rana Tahir , Munir Mubbasher 

TITLE=Socio-economic determinants of subjective wellbeing toward Sustainable Development Goals: An insight from a developing country

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.961400

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.961400

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=One of the goals of happiness research is to identify the key factors that influence it. Hence, the present research is designed to examine the determining factors of subjective well-being (SWB) in Pakistan. The present research is conducted by collecting the data of 1566 households in in Punjab, Pakistan, using the ordered logit and tobit model. The findings of this research confirm that income, education, government effectiveness, no perceived corruption, and perceived institutional quality improve well-being. While lower trust in family and friends, poor health status, living on rent and dissatisfaction with the services of hospitals lower the level of well-being. But individuals with more social ties who face barriers in health services, live more happily satisfy with their lives. Crime victimization and worrisome from terrorism also lower the level of SWB. Findings of research strongly emphasize policymakers and government institutions to improve their quality and take essential measures for improving the governance structure.