Examples, Government Wellbeing Initiatives from a Global Perspective
Helpful Observation - Government Wellbeing Initiatives from a Global Perspective:
International Day of Happiness. March 20 was declared by the United Nations on June 28, 2012 to be the International Day of Happiness.
https://happinessday.org
The United States Census Bureau conducts measurement - including measurement in the area of well-being.
There are private firms in the U.S. that conduct research about particular dimensions of wellbeing; such dimensions may have importance from a community or regional perspective.
OECD and Wellbeing Measurement - the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - (Your) Better Life: Material Living Conditions (Housing, Income, Jobs) & Quality of Life (Community, Education, Environment, Governance, Health, Life Satisfaction, Safety, and Work-Life Balance).
OECD (2018), What's the Better Life ?: Why choose 11 topics of well-being , OECD Publishing, Paris. www.oecd.org
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Personal wellbeing levels may vary from individual to individual based on a comparison of the dimensions. For example, I may have a higher level of financial wellbeing and another may have a higher level of social wellbeing when considering our values, experiences, areas of investment, desires, and potential in overall wellbeing … we may have similar levels of physical wellbeing, yet I may have a higher level of community wellbeing. With similar reasoning, regions may express different levels of wellbeing based on a comparison of the measurement of dimensions in particular nations.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 4, 2018