In any event, while personality explains part of subjective well-being, living conditions are also an influence (Schmutte and Ryff, 1997; Dolan, Peasgood and White, 2008). These differences may be expressed in differing concepts of happiness or satisfaction, in the use of different kinds of information and even in different forms of self-conceptualization associated with specific cultural norms. A life satisfaction score of 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 does not mean that the individual is twice as satisfied as another individual with a score of 3.