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What are the determinants of subjective well-being of healthy adults in rural communities in and around forests?

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1 Faculty of Public Health, Mulawarman University, Samarinda, Indonesia
2 The Nature Conservancy, Tanjung Redeb, Indonesia
3 The Nature Conservancy, Jakarta, Indonesia
4 Global Science, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, United States
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.27375v1
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Subject Areas
Psychiatry and Psychology, Coupled Natural and Human Systems, Environmental Impacts, Forestry
Keywords
subjective well-being, Indonesia, rural, forest communities, life satisfaction
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© 2018 Aggraeni et al.
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Aggraeni I, Adnin S, Astria Y, Firmansyah M, Canigia Y, Nur MH, Yen L, Rahman S, Rajagukguk S, Khornaylius E, Hartanto H, Wolff NH, Game ET, Masuda Y. 2018. What are the determinants of subjective well-being of healthy adults in rural communities in and around forests? PeerJ Preprints 6:e27375v1

Abstract

Sustainability goals are seeking to jointly improve environmental conditions and the well-being of society. Yet achieving both environmental and human well-being goals remains challenging because improving the material well-being of people can often mean increasing the risk of environmental and ecosystem degradation. An alternative method that may help meet both goals is to target non-monetary determinants of subjective well-being. However. few studies have examined the determinants of subjective well-being in industrializing countries. Here, we report on an analysis examining the determinants of subjective well-being among health, working adults in rural villages in and around forests in the Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. We find there is no significant relationship between subjective well-being and measures of monetary well-being, such as income and assets. Instead, we find age, sex, self-assessed health status, and occupation are significantly associated with subjective well-being. Our results have implications for policies seeking to improve subjective well-being among these populations.

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Competing Interests

Lebin Yen, Saipul Rahman, Stanley Rajagukguk, Ervin Khornaylius, Herlina Hartanto, Nicholas H. Wolff, Edward T Game, and Yuta J. Masuda are employed by The Nature Conservancy.

Author Contributions

Ike Aggraeni conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.

Saidatul Adnin conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Yuli Astria conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Muhammad Firmansyah conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Yessika Canigia conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Muhammad H Nur conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Lebin Yen conceived and designed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.

Saipul Rahman authored or reviewed drafts of the paper.

Stanley Rajagukguk authored or reviewed drafts of the paper.

Ervin Khornaylius authored or reviewed drafts of the paper.

Herlina Hartanto authored or reviewed drafts of the paper.

Nicholas H Wolff analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.

Edward T Game authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.

Yuta Masuda analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.

Ethics

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University of Washington Human Subjects Division

Data Deposition

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For ethical reasons to maintain confidentiality.

Funding

This work was supported by an anonymous donor. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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