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Understanding the Relationship Between Daily Travel and Long-Term Subjective Well-Being

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Subjective well-being (SWB) is one of the methods for measuring the quality of life (QoL) in terms of how an individual thinks, feels and experiences subjectively about one’s life. For around ten years, SWB has emerged as a research interest in understanding travel behaviour. However, few studies in Japan have investigated SWB in transportation economics. Therefore, to introduce SWB-based findings of travel behaviour into the broader transportation field, we review articles appearing in major journals between 2010 and 2021, focusing on travel behaviour research which have explored the relationship between daily travel and long-term SWB (i.e., global SWB or life satisfaction and eudaimonic well-being). This study groups previous papers into three types: daily general travel excluding commuting (Type I), commuting travel (Type II), transport disadvantage or travel-related social exclusion (Type III). Furthermore, we show a conceptual model along with these three typologies based on representative conceptual models which have explored the relationship between daily travel and SWB. Moreover, we attempt to bridge the gap between the conceptual model and previous empirical research in examining the above relationships by summarising empirical research findings. Finally, we offer some common findings and future research issues.

This paper has been substantially revised by Keumi [49].

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  1. 1.

    This categorization follows Keumi [49].

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    There are further relevant studies other than those listed in Table 9.1, for example, in the Journal of Happiness Studies, the Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Transportation Research Record, Preventive Medicine, and so on. However, these are excluded here to focus on the scope of this study. Also, Wheatley [106] does not examine global SWB or eudaimonic well-being in its research but includes domain-specific well-being, a medium-term SWB other than travel satisfaction. Therefore, it is listed in Table 9.1.

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