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    Quality of life index: Metro Manila cities and municipalities
    (2002-03) Arrobang, Lawrence S.; De Pano, Amylex Marie R.
    Focusing particularly in the Metro Manila area, where the central commercial transactions take place, a Quality of Life Index (QLI) will be used to quantify the livability condition of the city or municipality. An index with four main variables will be used: Quality of Air, Human Well-being, Decent Standard of Living, and Sanitation. Included in the study are the following: Manila, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Pasig, Quezon City, Caloocan, Makati, Pasay San Juan, Malabon, Navotas, Muntinlupa and Pateros. To avoid misinterpretations, the research will have its attention on vital years 1985,1988,1991,1994,1997 only. As it turned out, the best place to live in when you value sanitation the most is Las Pinas. Also highly recommended are the cities of Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Pasay and San Juan. Regarding material wealth, the most strategic place is Makati City. Unexpectedly, Manila has one of the lowest index values along with Caloocan and Malabon. Top performers in the Human Well-being Index are San Juan, Mandaluyong and Makati. Meanwhile, Navotas is consistently the lowest ranked. If you are prone to respiratory diseases, you should as much as possible stay away from Valenzuela and certain areas of Quezon City particularly Quezon Avenue and EDSA. On the other hand, highly suggested are the cities of Las Pinas and Pasig. Taken as a whole, Makati, San Juan, Paranaque and Quezon City are the most livable places in Metro Manila. This reflects that these urban areas have the greatest potential for a sustainable development.
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    Economics of happiness: assessing the subjective well-being of UPSE undergraduates
    (2004-04-01) Ramos, Anna Lorem R.; Urbi, Anna Victoria
    This happiness research assesses the reported subjective well-being (SWB) of UP School of Economics Undergraduates. It takes SWB as a proxy measure of utility by estimating happiness against some of the traditional measures of well-being, which in turn, reflect the level of utility values ascribed by individuals to various demographic factors and life situations. This paper argues that happiness correlates well with traditional measures such as income, consumption, performance/achievement and social capital, so much so that it validates the reliability of the proposed alternative measure. The resulting proxy measure can be used as a supplement in analyzing welfare impacts of policies and programs that affect the youth.
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    Looking beyond wealth: the Philippine national happiness index as a complement for traditional income measures
    (2009-03-31) Carlos, Aries S.; Sampan, John Michael M.
    This study tests the validity of claims that pervade the study of economics today-happiness scores of people in any given country do not have any straightforward relationship with increasing economic growth. Philippine happiness data is used to correlate with various economic indicators in order to ascertain the pitfalls of using traditional aggregate growth measures in assessing the overall quality of living of the Filipino people. We empirically establish that in the Philippines, happiness has a strong cross-sectional correlation with income yet such a relationship is not observable across time. Then, we posit ways of constructing a new index for measuring "gross national happiness" while touching on issues regarding the viability of such a measure to complement, or even replace the GDP as a means of measuring the population's overall well-being. We propound the Human Development Index (HDI) as the model after which the Philippine National Happiness Index (PNHI) can be patterned. Coefficients generated from the regression analysis are used to determine the weights of specified dimensions in order to take into account the happiness of the population while minimizing the arbitrariness of the original HDI computation. Lastly, we touch on the issues concerned with government policies attempting to maximize national happiness or well-being instead of traditionally quantifiable growth measures.
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    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.