On the Measurement of Multidimensional Well-Being in Some Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa

Joseph Deutsch (), Herman Musahara () and Jacques Silber
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Joseph Deutsch: Bar-Ilan University
Herman Musahara: University of Rwanda

Chapter Chapter 9 in Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa, 2016, pp 191-214 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Using data from the AfroBarometer survey, this chapter derives measures of overall well-being for six Eastern African countries (Burundi, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique) for which enough data were available to take a broad enough view of well-being. Correspondence analysis is implemented to aggregate variables in each domain of well-being while overall well-being is derived through efficiency analysis. The chapter compares the findings concerning overall well-being with those based on its narrow view, one whose focus is only on material well-being. It appears that the two main determinants of material well-being are the educational level of the individual and his/her area of residence. For the measure of overall well-being the findings were less clear-cut.

Keywords: Afrobarometer; Correspondence analysis; Efficiency analysis; Shapley decomposition; Well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30981-1_9

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