Subjective wellbeing has been linked, by studies at the national level, to incomes above the median, to frequent contact with friends and relatives, and to life stage, with a strong U-shaped function for subjective wellbeing over the life cycle. These national studies also have provided important thinking about the links between social capital and subjective wellbeing. Much less research has investigated the links between place satisfaction and local measures of social capital, and the effect of local (community and neighbourhood) characteristics on place satisfaction and subjective wellbeing. Thus, this paper examines social capital and social cohesion at the local level using Australian survey data with respondents’ evaluations of their community and neighbourhood relationships. The paper links measures of life satisfaction and place satisfaction to indices of local social capital. The results show that local social capital is strongly associated with place satisfaction and modestly associated with life satisfaction. The results add to the national studies by improving the understanding of how place matters in generating subjective wellbeing.

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跨个人和跨地区的福祉：社会资本有多重要？

通过国家层面的研究，主观幸福感与中位数以上的收入，与亲朋好友的频繁接触以及生命阶段相关联，在整个生命周期中，主观幸福感具有很强的U形功能。这些国家研究也为社会资本与主观幸福感之间的联系提供了重要的思考。很少有研究调查场所满意度和地方社会资本测度之间的联系，以及地方（社区和社区）特征对场所满意度和主观幸福感的影响。因此，本文使用澳大利亚的调查数据以及受访者对其社区和邻里关系的评估来检验地方层面的社会资本和社会凝聚力。本文将生活满意度和场所满意度的测度与当地社会资本的指标联系起来。结果表明，地方社会资本与场所满意度密切相关，而与生活满意度适度相关。通过提高对位置在产生主观幸福感方面的重要性的理解，这些结果增加了国家研究。