Using a factorial survey to estimate the relative importance of well-being dimensions according to older people : insights from a repeated survey experiment in Flanders

Abstract: Background and Objectives While it has become standard to include the views of older people when assessing their well-being, most existing methods are ill-suited to estimate the relative importance of well-being dimensions. This paper investigates the potential of the factorial survey method to estimate the relative importance of six well-being dimensions (health, income, social relations, leisure, engaging activities and religion) based on the views of older people themselves. Research Design and Methods We implemented a factorial survey in a repeated survey experiment among 800 old... Mehr ...