Public happiness and its causes in Malaysia / Mahadzir Ismail and Jamilah Laidin

Ismail, Mahadzir and Laidin, Jamilah (2020) Public happiness and its causes in Malaysia / Mahadzir Ismail and Jamilah Laidin. In: FBM INSIGHTS Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kedah vol. 1. Faculty of Business & Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Kedah, UiTM Cawangan Kedah, pp. 58-61. ISBN 2716-599X

Abstract

This paper seeks to determine the main causes of public happiness in Malaysia. Happiness scores were obtained using Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Four factors were selected namely economic status, life expectancy, religiosity and social capital. The study found that all four causes are significant and religiosity is the most dominant factor.

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Item Type:	Book Section
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Ismail, Mahadzir mahadzir@uitm.edu.my Laidin, Jamilah jamil138@uitm.edu.my
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > Social psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > Social interaction
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah > Sg Petani Campus
Volume:	1
Page Range:	pp. 58-61
Keywords:	public ; religiosity; economic status; life expectancy; social capital
Date:	2020
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/47970

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