Developing a composite indicator of residents’ well-being: the case of the Romagna area

There is a growing literature on the assessment of quality of life conditions and well-being in geographical or administrative areas. The paper proposes a new measure of Subjective Well Being (SWB) based on residents’ satisfaction with Personal life domain, Leisure activities, and satisfaction with Life as a whole. The SWB index is constructed by using a Composite Indicator, where the weights are calculated by means of common weight DEA-like models. Results evidence that in an economically developed area as the Romagna, Leisure activities is the domain most affecting SWB. Differences of SWB across sub-areas and among different socio-demographic groups of residents are also detecte