Abstract

In a global context, The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program is a commitment from the business world to improve the quality of life of the community, which means contributing to realizing community welfare. This research aims to analyze the extent to which variables related to aspects of human development aspects influence realizing the happiness of Indonesian society, which is represented by the happiness index number. This study will also determine to know whether there are differences in happiness in six groups of provinces in Indonesia. Analysis using panel data regression, data sourced from the Central Bureau of Statistics for 2014, 2017 and 2021. The determinants of the happiness index are important to analyze because an individual's level of well-being is not only measured by material prosperity (well-being) but subjective well-being or happiness. From the research results, the level of health and gross regional domestic income (GDP) per capita has a significant and positive influence. Education has no significant influence on the happiness index. By using analysis of variance it was found that there are differences in the Happiness Index in the six provincial groups observed.