Socioeconomics

What is Subjective Well-Being? Psychologists have been studying subjective well-being (SWB) for decades, but mostly in developed countries, especially the United States. However, there is little information of SWB in developing countries, especially Sub-Saharan Africa. There is an increasing studies showing that that material goods do not necessarily increase or cause happiness. A study conducted from Brickman, Coates and Janoff-Bulman (1978) shows that lottery winners were not significantly…

Bangladesh gained Independence from Pakistan in 1971 and established a working Constitution the year following. Residing on the apex of the Bay of Bengal, alongside Myanmar and India and containing Asia’s three largest rivers forming the fertile Bengal Delta has led the nation to become a middle power state in international affairs and a major developing country. Introduction When examining the last 30 to 40 years, Bangladesh gained their independence from Pakistan, and established a new…

“I Told My Son…” The other day while I was driving, my son saw a homeless man and have asked me that “how can I know which homeless person become homeless because he was a bad person”, he thinks homeless people becomes homeless because they are bad or they did something bad. If he asked me that question before I took this class my answer to him would be completely different than what I just told him. I am ashamed to say that I used to think that people become homeless or fail in life because…

The purpose of this paper is to identify, discuss and provide a solution to the issues within income inequality around the world. Income inequality is an unequal distribution of income to an individual. The problem of income inequality is that it affects our health and well being in a negative way, according to David R. Miller, the majority of canadians that have a greater income have a better chance of survival because they have the resources and income to get the medical care that they would…

Child poverty is major factor that 's costing New Zealand millions each year. It is in the media often and conversation on the issue brings up the topics such as its effects on a child 's well being, education and how to tackle it. This paper seeks to address the following questions, what are definitions of poverty, how and what was is poverty measured and the challenges or tension that poverty poses. This paper will also critically examine poverty and how education is hindered, how it affects…

Growing up I never thought that I was in poverty, but according to the census 1,282 white families in my area are considered impoverished, and the wage my dad made fell below the poverty line. I always had nice clothes, my belly was full, and I had a roof over my head, even if it was comparable to a shack. The percentage of individuals below the poverty level in Belton is 12.2%, Belton has a population of 27,260 which makes it roughly 2,600 people who are living in poverty. Although compared to…

Substance abuse among Indigenous Australians has been in on a constant increase over the years and are 2.5 times more likely to smoke daily than non-Indigenous people, and 1.6 times more likely to use any other illicit drugs compared to non-Indigenous Australians (druginfo.adf.org.au 2014). To counteract these statistics there are many rehabilitation programs that directly and exclusively assist Aboriginal Australians in their restoration to quality of living. As said by Karen Sheldon (The…

Effect of Poverty on Children’s Health Poverty has always had a momentous effect on society. It causes grief to all ages, but specifically the young. In the May/ June publication of American Psychologist, Hirokzu Yoshikawa from Harvard University, J. Lawrence Aber from New York University, and William R. Beardslee from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital published an article on the effects of poverty on the mental health of children and youth. Each author contributed with…

Economic Inequality Economic inequality is a growing issue on a global scale with many believing that it is part of the world we live in and there is nothing that can be done to solve it. In fact, there are many different contributors to economic inequality that can be solved individually to reduce its overall impact. Economic inequality is the difference between the rich and poor and has been an issue for quite some time. An economic balance must be found as a large wealth gap can hinder long…

Good quality of life (QoL) is something that everyone, including those with an Intellectual Disability (ID), deserves to be able measure and recognize. Many things have been accomplished along the journey that the concept of quality of life has taken. Many challenges have been overcome and the entire process has been quite productive; however, there are still challenges that need to be overcome. The primary focus of this article is on the summary of the current understanding of the construct…