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Perceptions on Community Development and Happiness: The Case of Tikapur, Napal

  • Journal of Regional Studies and Development
  • Abbr : JRSD
  • 2019, 28(1), pp.167-180
  • DOI : 10.22739/ipaid.2019.28.1.167
  • Publisher : Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development: IPAID
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > Regional Studies in general > Comparative / Statistical Regional Studies
  • Received : February 15, 2019
  • Accepted : April 17, 2019
  • Published : April 30, 2019

Chung Sik Yoo 1

1연세대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we analyse factors affecting happiness, with special reference to people’s concern for community development. Using a survey data collected from Nepal, we find ; 1) traditional variables like region, gender, age, education, family members, marital status were proved to be insignificant to explain happiness in Nepal. 2) health conditions (per capita income weakly) were found significant. 3) perceptions of community residents on some aspects regarding community development were found to be strongly correlated with the level of happiness. People’s satisfactions with community income level tend to increase happiness, while those with community provision of local roads and electricity tend to be negatively correlated with happiness. The latter finding may be associated with ‘relative deprivation’ in terms of community care and benefits.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.