perception of the state of the education system and of health services, by using the 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 waves of the … effect of fiscal decentralization on the perception of the state of the health and education system is unambiguously positive …, political decentralization affects citizen’s satisfaction with education and health delivery in different ways. The influence of …

combined to capture aspects of child well-being: material well-being, health, education, behaviour and risks, housing and …

between agricultural and non-agricultural workers. In both countries health is a major factor contributing to happiness. Our … study implies that adequate provision of national health care services should be an effective way to improve social welfare …

is a strategy for improving population health, especially appropriate for those countries that have reached the limits of … countries with higher levels of income inequality also have lower levels of life expectancy (our measure of population health … country’s wealth and health were confirmed: economic growth does contribute to improving population health, but this effect is …

, education, etc.) in addition to perceived health status and neighbourhood problems (environmental, social and safety concerns …

such measure. This has been collected by the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in HBSC member countries … validity with other emotional well-being measures, perceived health and subjective health. Gender differences were noted in the …

-economic status (SES), well-being and health. Relatively few studies have examined sense of place at the neighbourhood level …. From a health perspective, the paper found that a strong association existed between sense of place and self …-perceived mental health across the three neighbourhood groups. Furthermore, by way of regression modeling, the paper examined the …

Quality of life concerns individual (physical and psychological health), interpersonal (social relationships) and …

This paper focuses on the relevance of quantitative and qualitative aspects of social networks in a health context. The … the mechanisms behind the association of social network size and self-rated health. The main research question in the … study is whether social integration affects health by changing stressor appraisal (perceived stressor intensity or …

, and health—we include two more, given their increasing importance in the literature that criticizes the HDI and suggests …