Living conditions and well-being: Evidence from African countries

Andrew Clark and Conchita D'Ambrosio

No wp-2017-209, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We here use five rounds of Afrobarometer data covering more than 100,000 individuals over the 2004-2016 period to explore the link between self-assessed measures of living conditions and objective measures of individual well-being (access to basic needs). These latter are picked up by various indices of deprivation, satisfaction and inequality. We find some evidence of comparisons to those who are better off and to those who are worse off, in terms of access to basic needs, in the evaluation of current living conditions.

Keywords: Living conditions; Multidimensional poverty; Wellbeing; Afrobarometer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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