scholarly journals How Air Pollution Affects Subjective Well-Being

10.5772/67742 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Darçın
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being

scholarly journals A psychophysical measurement on subjective well-being and air pollution

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Li ◽  
Dabo Guan ◽  
Yanni Yu ◽  
Stephen Westland ◽  
Daoping Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Air Quality Index ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
Physical Effects ◽  
The Impact

AbstractAlthough the physical effects of air pollution on humans are well documented, there may be even greater impacts on the emotional state and health. Surveys have traditionally been used to explore the impact of air pollution on people’s subjective well-being (SWB). However, the survey techniques usually take long periods to properly match the air pollution characteristics from monitoring stations to each respondent’s SWB at both disaggregated spatial and temporal levels. Here, we used air pollution data to simulate fixed-scene images and psychophysical process to examine the impact from only air pollution on SWB. Findings suggest that under the atmospheric conditions in Beijing, negative emotions occur when PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 µm) increases to approximately 150 AQI (air quality index). The British observers have a stronger negative response under severe air pollution compared with Chinese observers. People from different social groups appear to have different sensitivities to SWB when air quality index exceeds approximately 200 AQI.

scholarly journals A review of air pollution impact on subjective well-being: Survey versus visual psychophysics

2018 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 959-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Li ◽  
Dabo Guan ◽  
Shu Tao ◽  
Xuejun Wang ◽  
Kebin He
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Visual Psychophysics ◽  
Pollution Impact

Bad Air Days: The Effects of Air Quality on Different Measures of Subjective Well-Being

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Dolan ◽  
Kate Laffan
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Positive Measure ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Background Concentration ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Uk

Air pollution makes us feel bad when we think about it – but do bad air days really affect our subjective well-being (SWB) when we are not thinking about them? And if so, do they affect the range of possible measures of SWB in similar ways? Using data from over 165,000 individuals in the UK, we model evaluative, experiential and eudemonic SWB as a function of demographic and local area characteristics including the background concentration of particulate matter. Our results indicate that air pollution adversely affects all of the positive measure of SWB included in our analysis; how satisfied people report being with their lives overall, how happy they report feeling on the previous day and how worthwhile they rate their activities as being, and that it does so over and above its effects on self-reported health. These effects can be monetized and may imply greater priority being afforded to pollution abatement programs than is currently warranted based on existing estimates of the health effects alone.

Variability in impact of air pollution on subjective well-being

2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 175-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guodong Du ◽  
Kong Joo Shin ◽  
Shunsuke Managi
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being
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