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ERIC Number: EJ838818
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jun
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0303-8300
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The Quality of Life in Taiwan
Yao, Grace; Cheng, Yen-Pi; Cheng, Chiao-Pi
Social Indicators Research, v92 n2 p377-404 Jun 2009
The AsiaBarometer survey of 1,006 respondents shows that in Taiwan, people have access to modern utilities and digital media, signs of materialistic achievement, and yet are more concerned with physical security and financial safety than with personal growth. Regardless of their demographic backgrounds and value priorities, the Taiwanese, like other Confucian publics, are most satisfied with the interpersonal life sphere and least satisfied with the public life sphere. Their satisfaction levels concerning various life domains affect their sense of well-being more than does their prioritization of values. Assessments of material and nonmaterial life domains contribute to their sense of well-being more than those of interpersonal and public domains do. Access to modern utilities and a high income, however, detract from their sense of well-being. As is the case elsewhere, a better set of objective life circumstance does not necessarily make for a greater quality of life in Taiwan. The government, therefore, should seek to provide more than economic goods and services.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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