Subjective Well-Being Model for Urban Mexico and Applications

The purpose of this article is to contribute to the analysis of subjective well-being in the cities of Mexico through the theoretical formalization and empirical verification of a quantitative model. The variables come from the constructs of the self-reported well-being module (BIARE); and they are called: overall satisfaction with life, sense of fullness, affect balance, and satisfaction domains. The equations were constructed using ordinary least squares regression with the BIARE databases of 2014 and 2017. The analysis of the behavior pattern of variables conduced to findings of urban society’s expectations of well-being and concerns in the period analyzed. Variables quality of life-and-self-realization and overall satisfaction with life have the greatest weight in the model equations. Besides, it was determined that emotional balance and citizen security condition the model. Finally, a relevant finding was that religion restricts the sense of fulness since it represents a well-being project with an opposite logic.

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