caa a22 4500 467916772 CHVBK 20180406152905.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11205-004-2012-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11205-004-2012-2 Measuring Wellbeing in Developing Countries: The Case of Algeria [Elektronische Daten] [Habib Tiliouine, Robert Cummins, Melanie Davern] abstract: The International Wellbeing Index (IWI) has been developed as a complementary measure to already well-known economic measures, and as a tool for cross-cultural comparisons. It comprises two subscales: the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) and the National Wellbeing Index (NWI). The aims of this paper are two-fold. Firstly, to test the psychometric characteristics of the IWI. Secondly, to study how people of Algeria, a third world country that is yet suffering from a harsch economical and social situation, respond to questions dealing with their own lives and life in their country in general, compared to samples from more developed countries where wellbeing was previously measured. The IWI items were presented to individuals either in a questionnaire form to be self-rated or in interview sessions. The total of 1417 answers were analysed. As was expected, a very low satisfaction on both scales was found, compared to the results that were reported in countries, such as Australia or Hong Kong. Comparisons on the demographic characteristics basis show that women are significantly more satisfied than men with their personal lives, though no differences were found with regard to NWI. Eldest and youngest age groups rated the PWI significantly higher than other age groups. Education groups comparisons showed higher ratings on both subscales in favour of groups with no education and those with university levels. Marginal statistically significant differences were found with regard to the PWI in favour of the higher earning group, but no differences in the NWI. No statistically significant results were found as far as marital status, number of children, and income are concerned. The results add to the evidence of the usefulness of the scale to predict satisfaction of people with their own lives and life in their country. Its psychometric performance was proved to be very high in terms of validity, reliability and sensitivity. The results were interpreted on the light of the Homeostasis Theory and the particular situation of the Algerian society. Springer, 2006 cross-cultural measurement nationallicence international wellbeing index nationallicence national wellbeing nationallicence personal wellbeing nationallicence population wellbeing in Algeria nationallicence Tiliouine Habib Laboratory of Educational Processes and Social Context (Labo-PECS), Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Oran University, Algeria aut Cummins Robert School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia aut Davern Melanie School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia aut Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 75/1(2006-01-01), 1-30 0303-8300 75:1<1 2006 75 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-2012-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-2012-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tiliouine Habib Laboratory of Educational Processes and Social Context (Labo-PECS), Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Oran University, Algeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cummins Robert School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Davern Melanie School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 75/1(2006-01-01), 1-30 0303-8300 75:1<1 2006 75 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer