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Figure 1. Population-Weighted Distributions of Judgmental Well-being (2016) among OBOR countries
The various panels of Figure 1 contain bar charts showing for the world as a whole, and for developing and developed countries, and 4 global regions that OBOR countries belong to, the distribution of the 2016 answers to the Cantril ladder question asking respondents to value and judge their lives today on a 0 to 10 scale, with the worst possible life as a 0 and the best possible life as a 10.
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From the plots, we can see there is a varying difference in distribution of judgmental happiness among different regions and different economic development status.
Figure 2. Population-Weighted Distributions of Emotional Well-being (2016) among OBOR countries
The various panels of Figure 2 incorporate histograms showing for the world as a whole, and for developing and developed countries, and 4 global regions which OBOR countries belong to, the distribution of the 2016 answers to the question asking respondents their living experience (positive and negative) on a 0 to 1 scale, and the final score takes the difference of positive and negative experience.
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From the plots, we can see the distribution of emotional happiness among different regions and different economic development status.
Figure 3. Population-Weighted Distributions of Well-being Inequality (2016) among OBOR countries
The various panels of Figure 3 incorporate histograms showing for the world as a whole, and for developing and developed countries, and 4 global regions which OBOR countries belong to, the distribution of the 2016 well-being inequality, which is the standard deviation of judgmental well-being score.
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We can see, from the graphs, that the distribution of well-being inequality is not equally distributed among different regions and countries with different economic development status.