The socio-psychological conditions of voting behaviour and health: Well-being and Well-being Factor Differentials
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
The authors recognized that there is plethora of literature on whether or not there are differences in subjective psychosocial well-being (SWB) of electors in other jurisdictions; however, the literature is lacking on the well-being of those who have allegiance to the People’s National Party (pro-PNP) or the Jamaica Labour Party (pro-JLP). Hence, we seek to fill this gap in the literature. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that there is a difference between the SWB of electors who voted for a particular political party. In addition, we aimed to ascertain whether predisposed factors are likely to influence SWB as well as to assess certain socio-demographic conditions of voters. The Centre of Leadership and Governance Survey is a nationally representative survey conducted by the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, between July and August 2006. The sample was selected from the fourteen parishes of Jamaica using a multistage sampling approach. Each parish was called a cluster, and each cluster was further classified into urban and rural zones, male and female, and social class. The final sample was then equally randomly selected from the 14 clusters; each containing a sample population of 1,338 respondents, with a sampling error of approximately ± 3%, at the 95% confidence level (i.e., CI). The data were stored and analyzed using the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences. The results revealed that age, race, self-reported social class, and educational attainment explain 9.3% of the variance in subjective well-being of Jamaicans. Of the seven predisposed factors, social class contributes the most (4.6%) to well-being followed by education (3%), race (1%) and age (1%), with sex, voting behaviour, and enumerated electors not being factors of SWB. The subjective psychosocial well-being (SWB) of a pro-PNP is the same as that of a pro-JLP. Keywords: Subjective well-being, voting behaviour, Pro-People’s National Party voters (pro-PNP), Pro-Jamaica Labour Party voters (pro-JLP), Jamaica.
Authors and Affiliations
Paul Andrew Bourne, Angela Hudson-Davi, Charlene Sharpe-Pryce, Olive Watson-Coleman, Cynthia Francis, Orlean Earle-Brown, Ikhalfani Solan
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