Study

Publication
Author(s)	Ruprah, I.J.
Title	Does Owning Your Home Make You Happier? Impact Evidence from Latin America.
Source	Working Paper OVE/WP-02-10, Inter-American Development Bank, 2010, Washington DC, USA
URL	HTTP://ideas.repec.org/p/idb/ovewps/0210.html
Investigation
Public	18+ aged, general public, Latin America, 1997-2007
Last assesment	2007
	except for years: 1998, 1999 and 2002
Survey name	Latinobarometro9710
Sample	Probability systematic sample
Weighting	N
Respondents N =	147446
Non Response	Not available
Assesment	Interview: face-to-face
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on single question: Here is ladder representing the 'ladder of life'. Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time? 10 best possible 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 worst possible life This question was followed (not preceded) by items on life 5 years ago and 5 years from now.
Classification	C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c
Author's label	Cantril Ladder
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Author's label		Our subject description
Age	show	Current age (in years)
Country effect	show	Current nation of residence
Economic situation	show	Sufficiency of current income
Education	show	Level of school-education
Employment status	show	Current employment status
Employment status	show	Self employed, also classified as above ↑
Employment status	show	Unemployed involuntary, also classified as above ↑
Gender	show	Sex (male vs female)
Homeownership	show	House owned or rented
ln (GDP per capita)	show	Gnp per capita (raw)
Marital status	show	Married vs never married
Marital status	show	Vs divorced, also classified as above ↑
Marital status	show	Vs widowed, also classified as above ↑
Size of the city	show	Community size
Year effect	show	Trend in general public