| Publication |
| Author(s) | Headey, B.; Muffels, R.; Wooden, M. |
| Title | Money does not Buy Happiness...Or does it?
A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 87, 65 - 82 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/s11205-007-9146-y |
| Investigation |
| Public | 16+ aged, general public, Hungary, 1996 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| | Tarki Panel, which ran from 1992 to 1997. The initial saple size was 8237 respondents aged 16 and over. |
| Sample | Probability simple random sample |
| | Sample was taken from the Tarki Panel |
| Respondents N = | 3055 |
| | N = 3061 for the first two correlations with income and income + wealth.
N = 3055 for all other correlations |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| General remarks | Earlier published as: Discussion paper no. 1218 July 2004 IZA |
| Happiness measure(s) used |
| Author's label | | Our subject description |
| Age | show | Current age (in years) |
| Bad health | show | Symptoms of bad health |
| Education (years) | show | Development of one's education |
| Equivalised consumption / 1000 | show | Food |
| Equivalised consumption / 1000 | show | How much one spends on eating, also classified as above ↑ |
| Equivalised Income / 1000 | show | Household income |
| Household income | show | Absolute level |
| Household income | show | Household income , also classified as above ↑ |
| Household income | show | Total wealth, also classified as above ↑ |
| Household income | show | UNCLASSIFIED, also classified as above ↑ |
| In working force | show | Current employment status |
| Net worth (ln) | show | Current possessions |
| Net worth (ln) | show | Debts, also classified as above ↑ |
| Not named | show | Socio-demographic + health + social ties |
| Partnered | show | Living as married |
| Partnered | show | Married state (compared to non-married states), also classified as above ↑ |
| Partnered | show | Steady love-relation, also classified as above ↑ |
| Sex | show | Sex (male vs female) |
| Unemployed | show | Unemployed involuntary |