I suppose that most of the people reading this volume will have read or have access to Volume One of my Global Report on Student Well Being. Therefore, I will not review the background literature relevant to multiple discrepancies theory (MDT), the theory itself or the es sential features of the international university undergraduate data-set on which this whole report is based. Anyone familiar with my earlier papers (Michalos 1985, 1987, 1988) will have a good idea of MDT. However, one really has to have a look at the first volume of this study in order to appreciate the richness of a data-set consisting of over 18, 000 cases drawn from 39 countries. As I indicated at the be ginning of that volume, the data-set is available for a very modest cost to anyone who wants it and I do hope others will take advantage of it. The focus of Volume One was on happiness and satisfaction with life as a whole, so-called global indicators of subjective well being. Volume Two was devoted to an exploration of satisfaction with the interpersonal relations of family, friends and living partners, and personal self-esteem. This volume is concerned with satisfaction with material goods as indicated by the domains of paid employment, fi nances, housing and transportation. In the fourth and final volume I will explain satisfaction with religion, education, recreation and health.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 Literature Review. - 1. 1 Introduction. - 1. 2 Paid Employment/Job Satisfaction. - 1. 3 Income and Finances. - 1. 4 Housing and Transportation. - 2 Satisfaction with One s Paid Employment. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Descriptive Statistics for World Sample, Males and Females. - 2. 3 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for World Sample. - 2. 4 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for Males and Females. - 2. 5 Twenty-Five Countries. - 2. 6 Prediction Success Ratios. - 3 Full-Time Employed Compared to Unemployed. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 Sample Composition. - 3. 3 Life Satisfaction and Happiness Explained by Satisfaction in 12 domains and 7 Demographic Variables for Full-Time Employed and Unemployed Students, Males and Females. - 3. 4 Overview of Explanations by MDT of Happiness and Satisfaction in All Domains for Full-Time Employed and Unemployed Students, Males and Females. - 3. 5 Domain Specific Explanations by MDT of Happiness and Satisfaction in All Domains for Full-Time Employed and Unemployed Students, Males and Females. - 3. 6 Satisfaction with One s Paid Employment Explained by MDT for Full-Time Employed Students, Males and Females. - 4 Satisfaction with One s Finances. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 Descriptive Statistics for World Sample, Males and Females. - 4. 3 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for World Sample. - 4. 4 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for Males and Females. - 4. 5 Thirty-Eight Countries. - 4. 6 Prediction Success Ratios. - 5 Satisfaction with One s Housing. - 5. 1 Introduction. - 5. 2 Descriptive Statistics for World Sample, Males and Females. - 5. 3 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for World Sample. - 5. 4 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for Males and Females. - 5. 5 Thirty-Eight Countries. - 5. 6 Prediction Success Ratios. - 6 Satisfaction with One s Transportation. - 6. 1 Introduction. - 6. 2 Descriptive Statisticsfor World Sample, Males and Females. - 6. 3 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for World Sample. - 6. 4 Satisfaction Explained by MDT for Males and Females. - 6. 5 Thirty-Eight Countries. - 6. 6 Prediction Success Ratios. - 7 Concluding Remarks. - References. - Appendix 1. Abbreviations and definitions. - Appendix 2. Results of regressions using MDT to explain satisfaction with one s employment, alphabetically by country and university. - Appendix 3. Results of regressions using MDT to explain happiness and satisfaction in all domains for full-time employed students, males and females. - Appendix 4. Results of regressions using MDT to explain happiness and satisfaction in all domains for unemployed students, males and females. - Appendix 5. Results of regressions using MDT to explain satisfaction with one s finances, alphabetically by country and university. - Appendix 6. Results of regressions using MDT to explain satisfaction with one s housing, alphabetically by country and university. - Appendix 7. Results of regressions using MDT to explain satisfaction with one s transportation, alphabetically by country and university.
