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HAPPINESS ACROSS CULTURES SCIENCE ACROSS CULTURES: THE HISTORY OF NON-WESTERN SCIENCE VOLUME 6 HAPPINESS ACROSS CULTURES Editor HELAINE SELIN, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6504 HAPPINESS ACROSS CULTURES Views of Happiness and Quality of Life in Non-Western Cultures Editor HELAINE SELIN Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA Co-editor GARETH DAVEY Hong Kong Shue Yan University, China 123 Editor Co-editor Helaine Selin Gareth Davey School of Natural Science Hong Kong Shue Yan University Hampshire College Counselling and Psychology 893 West St. Wai Tsui Crescent 10 Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 2570 7110 Hong Kong USA [email protected] [email protected] ISSN 1568-2145 ISBN 978-94-007-2699-4 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2700-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2700-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011946228 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) To Bob, who always makes me laugh. H.S. To my twin brother: I hope I make you proud. G.D. Contents Introduction ................................. 1 Helaine Selin and Gareth Davey Happiness in India .............................. 13 Robert Biswas-Diener, Louis Tay, and Ed Diener Happiness on the Tibetan Plateau ..................... 27 Dave Webb Happiness and Life Satisfaction in Malaysia ............... 43 Ryan T. Howell, Wan Tien Chong, Colleen J. Howell, and Kurt Schwabe Happiness and Quality of Life in the People’s Republic of China .... 57 Gareth Davey Quality of Life of an Asian Metropolis in a Governance Crisis: The Case of Hong Kong ........................... 75 Ming Sing Quality of Work Life in Macau ....................... 95 Ricardo Rato and Gareth Davey Satisfaction and Societal Quality in Kazakhstan ............. 107 Pamela Abbott and Claire Wallace Singapore: A Happy State of Mind? .................... 121 Siok Kuan Tambyah and Soo Jiuan Tan Happiness in Thailand ............................ 137 Rossarin Soottipong Gray The Politics of Wellbeing in International Development: Research with Organic Farmers in Cambodia ............... 149 Alice Beban Farmers’ Happiness from Fish Production: A Case Study in Vietnam .................................. 167 Nguyen Minh Duc vii viii Contents Constructions of Happiness and Satisfaction in the Kingdom of Tonga .................................... 181 Heather E. Young-Leslie and Sean E. Moore Happiness in an Aboriginal Australian Community: What It Means ‘To Be Well’ and ‘To Enjoy Life’ in Central-Western New South Wales, Australia ......................... 195 Daniela Heil Happiness in the Amazon: Folk Explanations of Happiness in a Hunter-Horticulturalist Society in the Bolivian Amazon ......... 209 Victoria Reyes-García and Tsimane’ Amazonian Panel Study (TAPS) Happiness in Brazil ............................. 227 Gazi Islam Happiness in Mexico: The Importance of Human Relations ....... 241 Mariano Rojas Happy Villages and Unhappy Slums? Understanding Happiness Determinants in Peru ............................ 253 Mònica Guillen-Royo and Jackeline Velazco Life Satisfaction in Malawi ......................... 271 Tim Hinks and Simon Davies Happiness in Nigeria: A Socio-Cultural Analysis ............. 293 Aaron A. Agbo, Thaddeus C. Nzeadibe, and Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero Ghanaian Happiness: Global, Cultural, and Phenomenological Perspectives .................................. 311 Vivian Afi Abui Dzokoto Living The Good Life: An Economic View of Happiness in South Africa ................................ 329 Jeffrey T. Bookwalter Concepts of Wellbeing Among Organic Farmers and Plantation Workers in Madagascar ........................... 345 Cathy Rozel Farnworth Happiness in a Post-conflict Society: Rwanda ............... 361 Pamela Abbott and Claire Wallace Happiness in Navajos (Diné Ba’ Hózhó) .................. 377 Angela A.A. Willeto It’s All in the Family: Wellbeing Among Inuit in Arctic Canada ..... 387 Michael J. Kral and Lori Idlout Climate, Cash, and Culturally Embedded Happiness ........... 399 Evert Van de Vliert Contents ix Hinduism, Happiness and Wellbeing: A Case Study of Adulthood in an Oriya Hindu Temple Town .............. 417 Usha Menon The Science of Happiness: A Cross-Cultural Perspective ......... 435 Stephen G. Morris Does Happiness Differ Across Cultures? .................. 451 Ruut Veenhoven Index ..................................... 473 This is Blank Page Integra x Contributors Pamela Abbott School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; Institute of Policy Analysis and Research-Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, [email protected] Aaron A. Agbo Experimental and Social Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, 410001 Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria, [email protected] Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero Department of Geography, University of Nigeria, 410001 Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria, [email protected] Alice Beban Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, [email protected] Robert Biswas-Diener Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA; The Centre of Applied Positive Psychology, Coventry, UK, [email protected] Jeffrey T. Bookwalter Department of Economics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA, [email protected] Wan Tien Chong Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA, [email protected] Gareth Davey Counselling and Psychology Department, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, [email protected] Simon Davies Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, West Africa, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA, [email protected] Ed Diener University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA; The Gallup Organization, Washington, DC, USA, [email protected] Nguyen Minh Duc Department of Fisheries Management and Development, Nong Lam University, Hochiminh City, Vietnam, [email protected]; [email protected] Vivian Afi Abui Dzokoto Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA, [email protected] xi xii Contributors Cathy Rozel Farnworth Gender and Agricultural Value Chains Consultant, Pandia Consulting, Cornwall, UK, [email protected] Rossarin Soottipong Gray Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand, [email protected] Mònica Guillen-Royo Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, [email protected] Daniela Heil Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia, [email protected] Tim Hinks Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Bristol Business and Law School, University of West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK, [email protected] Colleen J. Howell Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA, [email protected] Ryan T. Howell Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA, [email protected] Lori Idlout Isaksimagit Inuusirmi Katujjiqatigiit, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, [email protected] Gazi Islam Insper Insitute for Education and Research, São Paulo, SP 04546-042, Brazil; Grenoble École de Management, Grenoble, France, [email protected] Michael J. Kral Departments of Psychology and Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, [email protected] Usha Menon Department of Culture and Communication, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, [email protected] Sean E. Moore University of Alberta, Augustana Campus, Camrose, AB, Canada, [email protected] Stephen G. Morris The College of Staten Island/CUNY, Staten Island, NY, USA, [email protected] Thaddeus C. Nzeadibe Department of Geography, University of Nigeria, 410001 Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria, [email protected] Ricardo Rato School of Management, Leadership and Government, University of St. Joseph, Macau, China, [email protected] Victoria Reyes-García ICREA and Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA, [email protected] Contributors xiii Mariano Rojas FLACSO-Mexico and UPAEP, Mexico City, Mexico, [email protected] Kurt Schwabe Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA, [email protected] Helaine Selin School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA, [email protected] Ming Sing Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, [email protected]; [email protected] Siok Kuan Tambyah NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, [email protected] Soo Jiuan Tan NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, [email protected] Louis Tay University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, [email protected] Tsimane’ Amazonian Panel Study (TAPS) San Borja, Bolivia Ruut Veenhoven Erasmus University Rotterdam, POB 1738, 3000