Ecological Archives H001-003-A1
Wu Yang, Thomas Dietz, Daniel Boyd Kramer, Zhiyun Ouyang, and Jianguo Liu. 2015. An integrated approach to understanding the linkages between ecosystem services and human well-being. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 1:19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ehs15-0001.1
Appendix A (Table A1). Instrument for the human well-being index system based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment framework. Reproduced from (Yang et al. 2013).
Category layer |
Indicator layer |
Indicator code and content |
Basic material for good life |
Availability of necessities for daily life |
Q1.1*: To what extent it is available to purchase necessities for daily life (Options: 1. Very inconvenient;2. Inconvenient;3. Unsure;4. Convenient;5. Very convenient) |
|
Affordability to necessary food |
Q1.2: Your household can afford enough food with nutrition to keep alive and healthy |
|
Affordability to basic facilities and services |
Q1.3: Your household can afford to access basic facilities (e.g., television, washer) and services (e.g., transportation) |
|
Satisfaction with housing condition |
Q1.4: You are satisfied with your housing condition (including size and quality) |
|
Overall satisfaction with access to basic goods and services |
Q1.5: Overall, you are satisfied with your household’s basic goods and services (e.g., food, clothe, living conditions, transportation) for life |
Security |
Life safety |
Q2.1: Your household’s life safety in daily life is secure |
|
Property safety |
Q2.2: Your household’s property safety in daily life is secure |
|
Local crime incidence |
Q2.3: The local crime incidence (e.g., theft, robbery, murder, other violent incidents) is low |
|
Access to government protection |
Q2.4: The police and judicial system is always ready to help |
|
Reliability of government protection |
Q2.5: The police and judicial system can be trusted |
|
Security for resource access |
Q2.6: It is safe to access basic goods and services such as food, water, and medicine etc. for life |
|
Overall satisfaction with security |
Q2.7: Overall, you are satisfied with your household security (e.g., life and property) |
Health |
Physical health |
Q3.1: You are satisfied with your household’s physical health (including illness and injury)? |
|
Mental health |
Q3.2: You are satisfied with your household’s mental health (including stress, depression, and problems with emotions)? |
|
Rest |
Q3.3: How often your household members do not get enough rest or sleep? (Options: 1. Always; 2. Often; 3. Sometimes; 4. Seldom; 5. Never) |
|
Energy for daily life |
Q3.4: How often your household members are not healthy or do not have enough energy for everyday life? (Options: 1. Always; 2. Often; 3. Sometimes; 4. Seldom; 5. Never) |
|
Emotion |
Q3.5: How often do your household members have negative feelings such as blue mood, despair, anxiety, depression? (Options: 1. Always; 2. Often; 3. Sometimes; 4. Seldom; 5. Never) |
|
Leisure activities |
Q3.6: How often do your household members have the opportunity for leisure activities? (Options: 1. Never; 2. Seldom; 3. Sometimes; 4. Often; 5. Always) |
|
Overall satisfaction with health status |
Q3.7: Overall, you are satisfied with your household’s health status |
Good social relations |
Close neighborhood |
Q4.1: This is a close-knit neighborhood |
|
|
Q4.2*: Most people in this village are basically honest and can be trusted |
|
Opportunities of neighborhood interactions |
Q4.3: There are many opportunities to meet neighbors and work on solving community problems |
|
Enthusiasm in social activities |
Q4.4*: How active do you think your household members in your community groups or village or township? (Options: 1. Very inactive; 2. inactive; 3. Neither inactive nor active; 4. Active; 5. Very active) |
|
Common interests |
Q4.5*: Do you agree that people here look out mainly for the welfare of their own families and they are not much concerned with village/neighborhood welfare? |
|
Cohesion |
Q4.6: Suppose someone in your village/neighborhood had something unfortunate happen to them, such as a family member's sudden death, there are always some others would be ready to help |
|
Overall satisfaction with social relationship |
Q4.7: Overall, you are satisfied with your household’s social relationships with others |
Freedom of choices and actions |
Freedom from discrimination |
Q5.1*: Do you think that your household members are always treated equally without regard to gender, race, language, religion, political beliefs, socioeconomic status and more? (Options: 1. Never; 2. Seldom; 3. Sometimes; 4. Often; 5. Always) |
|
Affordability to quality and nutritious food |
Q5.2: Your household has affordable access to quality and nutritious food for an enjoyable life |
|
Affordability to quality healthcare |
Q5.3: Your household has affordable access to quality medical care |
|
Affordability to quality education |
Q5.4: Your household has affordable access to quality education |
|
Affordability to quality housing |
Q5.5: Your household has affordable access to spacious and quality house |
|
Free choice of employment |
Q5.6: It is difficult to find a satisfied job |
|
Freedom of choices and actions to help others |
Q5.7*: How often do you feel that you want to help others but limited by your socioeconomic or physical conditions that you cannot help them? |
|
Overall satisfaction with freedom of choice and action |
Q5.8: Overall, you are satisfied with your freedom of choice and actions |
Notes: Unless response options are specified after indicator contents, the options are designed in the five-category Likert scale (i.e., strongly disagree, mildly disagree, unsure, mildly agree, and strongly agree). *: Indicators not included in the final confirmatory factor analysis due to low variation or internal consistency with other indicators in the same categories.