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

Ike Aggraeni; Saidatul Adnin; Yuli Astria; Muhammad Firmansyah; Yessika Canigia; Muhammad H Nur; Lebin Yen; Saipul Rahman; Stanley Rajagukguk; Ervin Khornaylius; Herlina Hartanto; Nicholas H Wolff; Edward T Game; Yuta Masuda

doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.27375v1

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

Ike Aggraeni ¹, Saidatul Adnin¹, Yuli Astria¹, Muhammad Firmansyah¹, Yessika Canigia¹, Muhammad H Nur¹, Lebin Yen², Saipul Rahman², Stanley Rajagukguk², Ervin Khornaylius², Herlina Hartanto³, Nicholas H Wolff⁴, Edward T Game⁴, Yuta Masuda ⁴

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

Published: 2018-11-21
Accepted: 2018-11-21

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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Cite this article: 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 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27375v1

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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