Ball & Chernova (2008): study ZZ 1995
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ball, R.E.; Chernova, K.
- Title:
- Absolute Income, Relative Income, and Happiness.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 88, 497 - 529
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, 42 nations, 1995-1997
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 60000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1 dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
- Remarks:
- range: 3,73-8,42
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.35 -
- SD:
- 1.24 -
Correlational Findings
Relative income