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Using Subjective Well-Being Data to Monitor Changes in Health and Well-Being

Award Number: R01AG051903
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2016
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2021

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Using Subjective Well-Being Data to Monitor Changes in Health and Well-Being - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): When science is used to inform practice, careful measurement based on clear conceptualization is the beginning of wisdom. In particular, gauging how well people are doing is basic to figuring out whether efforts to improve people's lives are succeeding. Cost-benefit analyses at the micro level and GDP at the aggregate level face serious challenges in dealing with non-market goods. (Both cost-benefit analyses and GDP account for some non-market goods but miss many others.) This matters particularly in monitoring the well-being of older individuals because non-market goods, such as health and the pleasure from social relationships and leisure-time activities, become especially important at later ages. The overall objective of this proposal is to lay a stronger foundation for extensive us of subjective well-being (SWB) data to monitor changes in overall health and well-being. While the proposed research focuses broadly on understanding SWB data and how it can best be used, the cornerstones of this proposal are (1) developing new sources of data on multidimensional SWB, and (2) developing a set of methods and the necessary complementary data to aggregate SWB data across different aspects of well-being into an overall measure of well-being. This proposal builds on a substantial body of prior work, as well as on many of the conclusions and recommendations of the report of the NIA's Panel on Measuring Subjective Well-Being in a Policy-Relevant Framework (Stone and Mackie, 2013). Phase 1 (Years 1-2) of the proposed research is focused on understanding and improving SWB questions (especially in health dimensions) and methods for aggregating the responses into overall measures. Phase 2 (Years 2-5) is focused on creating and developing web panels, with two waves of data on the levels of a large number of dimensions of well-being. The purpose of Phase 1 is to make the quality of the data collection in Phase 2-and the subsequent analysis-as high as possible. The many SWB measures that will be collected on the Understanding America Study (UAS) will include versions of all the commonly used SWB questions currently carried on major surveys, making direct comparisons possible. The new data resources will be from the UAS, a relatively new web panel founded by Arie Kapteyn at USC, and other data sources, including a New Zealand well-being survey being planned by the government of New Zealand. The data would be publicly available. An important virtue of the UAS and similar surveys is that, without needing a prior connection to the UAS, any serious researcher can easily arrange to have additional complementary data collected, at a reasonable cost in terms of additional funding.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = -$8,990 )
2023	2020	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	6	11/4/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$534,279
2023	2019	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	001	4	2/15/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$76,147
2023	2019	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	002	4	2/15/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$449,142
														Subtotal = -$8,990

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2020	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90007	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	003	5	8/9/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$76,147
2021	2020	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	004	6	8/9/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$525,289
2021	2020	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	005	6	8/24/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2021	2020	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	001	6	8/5/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$525,289
2021	2020	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90007	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	5	8/2/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$525,289
2021	2019	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90007	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	002	4	8/9/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$449,142
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $601,436 )
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90007	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	001	5	5/26/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$601,436
2020	2019	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90007	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	4	11/5/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $601,436

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $604,643 )
2019	2019	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90007	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	4	7/24/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$604,643
														Subtotal = $604,643

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $610,151 )
2018	2018	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90007	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	3	8/6/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$610,151
														Subtotal = $610,151

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $613,740 )
2017	2017	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER STREET THIRD FLOOR	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	2	7/7/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$613,740
														Subtotal = $613,740

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $649,731 )
2016	2016	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3500 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET 102	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	1	8/29/2016	NEW	$649,731
														Subtotal = $649,731

Grand Total All Awards = $3,070,711

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Using Subjective Well-Being Data to Monitor Changes in Health and Well-Being

Award Number: R01AG051903

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2016

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2021

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