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Subjective Measures of Well-Being

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Traditionally, the "happiness" of the American population has been measured in economic or objective terms. But research (A. Campbell et al, in press) indicates that between 1957 and 1972, while the economic and social indicators were rapidly moving upward, the proportion of the population who described themselves as "very happy" declined steadily, particularly among the most affluent portion of the population. It is argued that in order to describe the quality of the experience of the population, more subjective measures are needed to examine the experience itself. Three general measures of life experience (satisfaction with life, affective quality of life, and perceived stress) are discussed in terms of an earlier (1972) author-conducted study. Findings from that study indicate that while the 3 measures are moderately related to each, people living in different circumstances express different patterns of well-being and that these patterns reflect the peculiar quality of the situation in which they live. (18 ref)

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... Estos factores internos son los que determinan el bienestar. Campbell (1976) y Campbell et al. (1976), en estudios realizados en Estados Unidos, mencionan que la satisfacción con la vida es la evaluación de las personas con el resultado de su vida, y señalan que no todas quieren lo mismo, ni la evalúan de igual manera. En efecto, muestran que la satisfacción con la vida es una evaluación que se hace acorde con los diferentes dominios de vida, y es producto de las situaciones en que viven, sus necesidades, su percepción, su entendimiento y su juicio. ...
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This study underscores the rapid socioeconomic transformation induced by digitalization in Europe and provides valuable insights on leveraging the Internet to improve individual life satisfaction in the post-pandemic era. Thank you for your insightful comments and suggested revisions. With your guidance, we are now submitting a revised version of our paper by adding Section 5.5 to propose the lessons learned from the COVID-19 experience. Four related papers from SocioEconomic Planning Sciences are also cited at where appropriate. All modifications are highlighted in red for easy reference. Below are our point-by-point responses to your feedback.  Reviewer #1: The authors improved the manuscript in accordance with my previous comments. My main concern is with the data used for the analysis. I suggest the authors emphasise what lessons could be learned from the COVID experience. This part could be included in the discussions and conclusions. Perhaps the authors should also emphasise this in the title. A: Thank you for your comment. The dataset used in this study was obtained from the ESS, which has been widely used in academic researches, include the studies of Palermo et al. (2022) and Tubadji & Nijkamp (2017) that published on SocioEconomic Planning Sciences. We estimated the relationship between Internet usage and life satisfaction by using the latest three waves of ESS, namely rounds 8, 9, and 10. Since Round 10 contains information on people's Internet usage during the pandemic, we therefore in a good position to compare the impact of Internet usage on life satisfaction before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you for your suggestion, in the new version we added Section 5.5 to the Response to Reviewers 2 Discussion section to propose the lessons learned from the COVID-19, please review. Besides, we prefer to remain current title because the lessons are derived from the relationship test and heterogeneity analysis, which are illustrated in the title. Ref: [1] Palermo F, Sergi BS, Sironi E. Does urbanization matter? Diverging attitudes toward migrants and Europe's decision-making. Socio-Econ Plan Sci. 2022;83. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SEPS.2022.101278. [2] Tubadji A, Nijkamp P. Green Online vs Green Offline preferences on local public goods trade-offs and house prices. Socio-Econ Plan Sci. 2017;58, 72-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SEPS.2016.11.001.  Reviewer #2: After reviewing the authors' responses, extensions and improvements to my initial assessments, my opinion is that the article has clearly improved in robustness and that it is publishable in its current format. A: Thank you for your nice words. It is with your suggestion that the quality of this article got improved. 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