اطلاعات رضایت از زندگی در توسعه کشور: سیستم سنجش کالیبرندو Life satisfaction data in a developing country: CaliBRANDO measurement system

1. Data CaliBRANDO is a survey conducted annually by the Observatory of Public Policies (POLIS) of Universidad Icesi since 2014. This survey measures life satisfaction and is the only study in Colombia created with the main objective of measuring subjective wellbeing. CaliBRANDO is representative in terms of the city´s gender distribution, socioeconomic strata and race/ethnicity composition. Surveys are conducted via face-to-face interviews with adults (18 and older) by trained pollsters in 53 locations across the city. To ensure data quality, during fieldwork there are four pollsters’ supervisors present. Informants are randomly selected. Respondents are approached by explaining the objective of the study, assuring confidentiality, and emphasizing that the data will be used for academic purposes. In addition, it is made clear to respondents that they could stop the survey at any time and participation is voluntary. Respondents are measured during the survey in terms of their weight, height and abdominal circumference. For this purpose, each pollster has an electronic scale and a meter tape. CaliBRANDO uses a stratified multi-stage sampling system; every year about 1200 surveys are completed. Information is collected in eight areas: sociodemographic information, life satisfaction, educational attainment and expectations, employment and job quality, income and living standards, health, satisfaction with government performance, and satisfaction with personal domains. The next section explains each area in detail. This study follows local and international rules for empirical research and is approved by the Institutional Review Board of Universidad Icesi. Likewise, respondents provide verbal consent before survey commencement. CaliBRANDO data are available at: www.icesi.edu.co/polis/. There is a yearly policy brief displaying principal findings, available in Spanish and English [1]. CaliBRANDO data are used for three purposes: 1. Produce academic research. 2. Generate a yearly policy brief aimed at disseminating academic research on life satisfaction to a broader array of stakeholders beyond academia, including the public. 3. Provide information to local government about life satisfaction and its relationships with government performance.