Is Structural Equation Modelling Able to Predict Well-being?

Daniele Toninelli; Michela Cameletti

Open Conference Systems, 50th Scientific meeting of the Italian Statistical Society

Daniele Toninelli, Michela Cameletti

Last modified: 2018-05-18

Abstract

The well-being (WB) measurement is an important and challenging task. Quality of life is a multifaceted topic, thus its measure cannot rely anymore on one or few indicators only. Data from large-scale survey projects, such as the European Social Survey (ESS), are a solid basis for testing new methods aimed at measuring the phenomenon. We apply Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to ESS wave 8 data. Our research aims at evaluating if SEM is a reliable method for estimating the WB and the relative importance of its dimensions in some European countries.

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