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High life satisfaction reported among small-scale societies with low incomes.

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dc.contributor.authorGalbraith E.D.
dc.contributor.authorBarrington-Leigh C.
dc.contributor.authorMinarro S.
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez-Fernandez S.
dc.contributor.authorAttoh E.M.N.A.N
dc.contributor.authorBenyei P.
dc.contributor.authorCalvet-Mir L.
dc.contributor.authorCarmona R.
dc.contributor.authorChakauya R.
dc.contributor.authorChen Z.
dc.contributor.authorChengula F.
dc.contributor.authorFernandez-Llamazares A.
dc.contributor.authorGarcia-del-Amo D.
dc.contributor.authorGlauser M.
dc.contributor.authorHuanca T.
dc.contributor.authorIzquierdo A.E.
dc.contributor.authorJunqueira A.B.
dc.contributor.authorLanker M.
dc.contributor.authorLi X.
dc.contributor.authorMariel J.
dc.contributor.authorMiara M.D.
dc.contributor.authorPorcher V.
dc.contributor.authorPorcuna-Ferrer A.
dc.contributor.authorSchlingmann A.
dc.contributor.authorSeidler R.
dc.contributor.authorShrestha U.B.
dc.contributor.authorSingh P.
dc.contributor.authorTorrents-Tico M.
dc.contributor.authorUlambayar T.
dc.contributor.authorWu R.
dc.contributor.authorReyes-Garcia V.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-19T05:30:03Z
dc.date.available2024-11-19T05:30:03Z
dc.date.copyright2024
dc.description.abstractGlobal polls have shown that people in high-income countries generally report being more satisfied with their lives than people in low-income countries. The persistence of this correlation, and its similarity to correlations between income and life satisfaction within countries, could lead to the impression that high levels of life satisfaction can only be achieved in wealthy societies. However, global polls have typically overlooked small-scale, nonindustrialized societies, which can provide an alternative test of the consistency of this relationship. Here, we present results from a survey of 2,966 members of Indigenous Peoples and local communities among 19 globally distributed sites. We find that high average levels of life satisfaction, comparable to those of wealthy countries, are reported for numerous populations that have very low monetary incomes. Our results are consistent with the notion that human societies can support very satisfying lives for their members without necessarily requiring high degrees of monetary wealth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
dc.identifier.citationPNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol.121(7), 2024, pp. 1-8..
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2311703121
dc.identifier.institution(Galbraith) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Barrington-Leigh) Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada
dc.identifier.institution(Minarro) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Alvarez-Fernandez) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Attoh) Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
dc.identifier.institution(Benyei) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Calvet-Mir) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Carmona) Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
dc.identifier.institution(Chakauya) College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
dc.identifier.institution(Chen) Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
dc.identifier.institution(Chengula) Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
dc.identifier.institution(Fernandez-Llamazares) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Garcia-del-Amo) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Glauser) Iniciativa Amotocodie, Asuncion, Paraguay
dc.identifier.institution(Huanca) Boliviano de Investigacion y de Desarrollo Socio Integral, San Borja, Bolivia
dc.identifier.institution(Izquierdo) Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas-Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
dc.identifier.institution(Junqueira) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Lanker) Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US
dc.identifier.institution(Li) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Mariel) Centre de cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD), Unite Mixte de Recherche Savoirs-Environnement-Societes (UMR SENS), Montpellier, France
dc.identifier.institution(Miara) Department of Nature and Life Sciences, Ibn Khaldoun University, Tiaret, Algeria
dc.identifier.institution(Porcher) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Porcuna-Ferrer) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Schlingmann) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.institution(Seidler) Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, US
dc.identifier.institution(Shrestha) Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal
dc.identifier.institution(Singh) School of Science and Technology, University of Fiji, Lautoka, Fiji
dc.identifier.institution(Torrents-Tico) Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
dc.identifier.institution(Ulambayar) Zoological Society of London, Mongolia Representative Office, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
dc.identifier.institution(Wu) Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Peking University, Beijing, China
dc.identifier.institution(Reyes-Garcia) Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain
dc.identifier.urihttps://lowitja.intersearch.com.au/handle/1/625
dc.relation.ispartofPNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
dc.subject.keywordsMental health
dc.titleHigh life satisfaction reported among small-scale societies with low incomes.
dc.typeArticle

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