| Publication |
| Author(s) | Veenhoven, R. |
| Title | Is Happiness a Trait? Test of the Theory that a Better Society does not Make People any Happier. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 1994, Vol. 32, 101 - 160 |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1765/16155 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/BF01078732 |
| Investigation |
| Public | Various panels, followed 1 to 40 years, 1940-1990 |
| Collect period | 1940 - 1990 |
| | Nations include: Austria, Canada, Germany, Germany, Netherlands, USA |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Mixed samples |
| Respondents N = | 0 |
| | Together the 26 studies involved more than 10.00 respondents |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| | mostly |
| General remarks | Meta-analysis of 26 longitudinal studies, detailed in Appendix 1 of the paper |
| Happiness measure(s) used |