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Studies

Bartram (2013b): study ZZ Europe 2002

Publication

Author(s):
Bartram, D.
Title:
Happiness among North-to-South Migrants in Europe.
Source:
Working Paper, 16-12-2013, University of Leicester, Department of Sociology, UK

Investigation

Public
15+ aged general public, Europe, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 56395
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
8
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.51 7.51
SD:
1.75 1.75

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding North-to-South Migration Ever migrated or not Income Household income Age Current age (in years) Health Global health self-rating Religiosity Self-definition as religious Education Level of school-education Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Living with a partner Married state (compared to non-married states) Employment Unemployed involuntary Retired Current status: retired or not Friends Having a confident or not