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Financial & Material Stability

Subjective Financial Wellbeing

This study analyzes subjective financial well-being—how individuals perceive their financial situation—across 22 culturally diverse countries, integrating psychological and economic perspectives.
Researchers
Matt Bradshaw
Matt Bradshaw
Baylor University, Sociology
Israel
Piotr T. Bialowolski
Piotr T. Bialowolski
Kozminski University (Poland), Economics
Dorota Maria Weziak-Bialowolska
Dorota Maria Weziak-Bialowolska
Kozminski University (Poland), Economics/Sociology
Poland
Christos Makridis
Christos Makridis
Stanford U. / Arizona State U. / University of Nicosia, Economics
Craig Gundersen
Craig Gundersen
Baylor University, Economics
Sung Joon Jang
Sung Joon Jang
Baylor University, Sociology
Jeff Levin
Jeff Levin
Baylor University, Epidemiology / Medical Humanities
Tyler VanderWeele
Tyler VanderWeele
Harvard University, Epidemiology / Biostatistics
Byron R. Johnson
Byron R. Johnson
Baylor University, Institute for Studies of Religion/Sociology
The Question:
What individual and early-life factors are associated with subjective financial well-being? How does perceived financial comfort diverge from objective income measures across different socio-economic and cultural contexts?