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Subjective well-being during the lifespan in the Mediterranean: U-shaped, declining or no change?

This study aimed to examine the relationship between age and subjective well-being in Mediterranean countries with and without controlling for relevant covariates and to compare these relationships in Mediterranean and non- Mediterranean Europe. The data from the European Quality of Life Survey — EQLS (round 4) were used for the analysis. The survey was conducted during 2016 and 2017 on representative samples of the adult population within 28 EU countries including Albania, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. The sample included 15, 791 respondents living in 11 Mediterranean countries and 18, 505 respondents from 22 non-Mediterranean countries. The respondents were equally distributed by gender (51.6% women), with the age range between 18 and 95 years (M = 48.14, SD = 18.08). For the lifespan comparison, we used five age groups (18-24, 25-34, 35-49, 50-64 and 65+). Cross-national population weights were applied to ensure representativeness of group comparisons. The results showed that happiness and life satisfaction are generally lower in the Mediterranean in comparison to non-Mediterranean countries and that it generally declines by age, showing a slight increase in the non- Mediterranean countries in the older age groups. After controlling for income and financial deprivation, no systematic decline in wellbeing by age in Mediterranean countries was observed.

quality of life, subjective well-being, Mediterranean, age, lifespan

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