ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we use the List of Values (LOV) to assess the importance of certain personal values to Singaporeans and provide additional analyses by gender, marital status, age, education and household income. In addition to tracking changes in the LOV over time (2011, 2016 and 2022), we also examine the impact of the LOV values on Singaporeans’ wellbeing. While Singaporeans’ rankings of the top two values of security and self-respect had not changed over the past two decades, they had also consistently given lowest priority to the two values of fun and enjoyment and excitement. As in previous QOL surveys (2011 and 2016), age, gender, education and marital status had differing influences on the nine values. In 2022, different values of the LOV also had differential effects on Singaporeans’ wellbeing, notably excitement, which had a significant influence on Singaporeans’ satisfaction with life, happiness, enjoyment, achievement, control and purpose, despite being the lowest in importance ranking. The value of security, which was ranked number one in 2022, and self-respect, which was ranked number two in 2022, had no significant impact on Singaporeans’ wellbeing.
