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Item Restricted Subjective social status and the determinants of Happiness in the Philippines(2011-04) Cabuloy, Loreine Michelle G.; Villanueva, Nicole Angela D.; Tecson, Gwendolyn R.This study focuses on the effect of social class on individual happiness, together with factors such as age, gender, marital status, religion, work hours, work status, educational attainment, and income. It uses the individual's self-evaluation of social status, and self- evaluation of happiness, as obtained thru the Social Weather Stations Survey in 2003. Results show that those of the upper social class are significantly happier than those of the lower social class. Also, factors have varying effects in magnitude and direction to happiness across different social classes. Educational achievement and employment were not significant in the happiness of the middle and lower social classes, which is a concern also addressed by the study.Item Restricted Does money buy happiness in the Philippines? an evaluation of the effect of income on subjective well-being(2011-04) Fruto, Blanca Kris G.; Malihan, Ma. Agnes Isabelle M.; Kraft, Aleli D.This paper aims to determine whether the common notion that money affects happiness; holds true Filipinos. It It also takes into account the other factors and processes involved in evaluating Using well-being. Using Social Weather Survey Weather Survey of 2003, the researchers perform ordered logit regression and Findings change analyses. Findings reveal that the Filipino of factors affecting Filipino subjective well-being is similar to However, other of other countries'. However, other determinants prove to Philippine not In in the Philippine context. In this study, household income establishes a Other and positive correlation to well-being. Other variables in the domains of personality, demographic, political-institutional, geographic factors Living social relationships also tend to be significant. Living in NCR and having On number of children produce negative effects on happiness. On the other hand, being married, optimistic Filipino registered voter seem to positively affect the level of Filipino subjective well-being.Item Restricted Religiosity and happiness: evidences from the Philippines(2010-10-08) Columna, Clariza Mae A.; Elpedes, Reinalyn A.This paper shows the effects of religion and religiosity and other demographic factors on the level of happiness of Filipinos. It also aims to determine the role religion plays or contributes in the lives of the Filipinos and its role in magnifying or dampening happiness. Religion in the Philippines holds a central place in the life of the majority of Filipinos. Interestingly, despite all the economic, political, cultural and social changes that this country has experienced, religion has survived unlike other social institution. Religion must have created social benefits which generate utility or happiness for Filipinos to pursue it. This study is a cross-sectional study of the nationwide survey by SWS during the second quarter of 2004 to determine whether religiosity makes people happier, while controlling for socio-demographic and economic factors like education, health and family matters. The main conclusion shows that there seems to be a positive linear relationship between religiosity and happiness. Our findings also reflect that higher income might also lead to higher happiness. In addition, Filipino Muslims seem to be less happy and Filipinos in Visayas are relatively happier than the rest.Item Restricted Do happy people drink more? an econometric analysis(2010-04-07) Marzo, Miguel Gonzalo A.Many people, Filipinos included, often drink alcoholic beverages as part of celebrations. Others, however, tum to alcohol when they are sad or depressed. What really drives people to partake of these of these types of drinks? Is it because they feel good and are using alcohol as a way to enhance the happy feeling? Or is it because they are feeling down and resort to alcohol simply as a way to momentarily drown their sorrows? Does happiness belong anywhere in the equation at all? This study attempts to establish whether or not there is a statistical link between people's general level of happiness and the level of alcohol that they consume, taking several other factors into account and holding them equal.