Since approximately four decades ago, after diverse branches of knowledge such as psychology and sociology emerged, subjective wellbeing has been an object of study. However, it until recent years that researches related to this topic have had a global boom because they contribute to measure the perceptions of people regarding their situation and the environment where they are developing.
Mariano Rojas and Iván Martínez, coordinators of the book Medición, Investigación, e Incorporación a la Política Pública del Bienestar Subjetivo: América Latina, published by the Scientific and Technological Consultative Forum (FCCyT), are presenting a report elaborated by the Commission for the Study and Promotion of Wellbeing in Latin America about the best practices for subjective wellbeing research, the most common subjects, and a group of suggestions about how to incorporate this topic to public policies.
