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Studies

Senik (2011): study ZZ Europe 2004

Publication

Author(s):
Senik, C.
Title:
The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness.
Source:
Working Paper No. 2011 - 34, Paris School of Economics, 2011, Paris, France

Investigation

Public
15+aged intra-European migrants, 13 EU nations, 2004-2009
Survey name
EU-ESS 2-4: 2004-2008
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2560
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:
9
Error estimates:
Mean not reported

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years) Male Sex: male (vs female) Log household income Household income Married Married (vs never married) Divorced Never married (vs divorced) Widowed Never married (vs widowed) Unemployed Unemployed involuntary Country of origin Country of origin