Well-being and environmental quality: Does pollution affect life satisfaction?

被引：94

作者：

Orru, Kati ^{[1
]}

Orru, Hans ^{[2
]}

Maasikmets, Marek ^{[3
]}

Hendrikson, Reigo ^{[1
]}

Ainsaar, Mare ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tartu, Inst Social Studies, Lossi 36-401, EE-51003 Tartu, Estonia

[2] Univ Tartu, Dept Publ Hlth, Ravila 19, EE-51003 Tartu, Estonia

[3] Estonian Environm Res Ctr, Marja 4D, Tallinn, Estonia

来源：

QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH | 2016年 / 25卷 / 03期

关键词：

Life satisfaction; Environmental pollution; Air quality; Subjective health assessment; AIR-POLLUTION; HAPPINESS DATA; TRAFFIC NOISE;

D O I：

10.1007/s11136-015-1104-6

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We aimed to explore the effect of ambient air pollution on individual persons' levels of subjective well-being. Our research question was: to what extent is an individual's life satisfaction shaped by exposure to PM10? We used regression models to analyse data on subjective well-being indicators from the last two waves of the European social survey (ESS) and detailed information on local levels of the air pollutant PM10. An increase in PM10 annual concentrations by 1 mu g/m(3) was associated with a significant reduction in life satisfaction of .017 points on the ESS 10-point life satisfaction scale. Our findings suggest that even in cases of relatively low levels of PM10 air pollution (mean annual concentration of 8.3 +/- A 3.9 mu g/m(3)), in addition to the effects on physical health, exposure negatively affects subjective assessments of well-being.

引用

页码：699 / 705

页数：7

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