Publication | |
Author(s) | Pénard, T.; Poussing, N.; Suire, R. |
Title | Does the Internet make People Happier? |
Source | Journal of Socio-Economics, 2013, Vol. 46, 105 - 116 |
URL | https://www.marsouin.org/IMG/pdf/PenardPoussingSuire.pdf |
Investigation | |
Public | 18+ aged, general public, Luxemburg, 2008 |
Mean age 42,7; actual age range 19-89. 50% males, 50% females. Married or living with partner 64%. | |
Collect period | june |
Last collect period | december |
Survey name | EU-EVS |
Limited to Luxemburg 2008 | |
Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
Weighting | Y |
Respondents N = | 1332 |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Full text | Self report on single question: Taking all together: how happy would you say you are? Would you say you are? 3 very happy 2 pretty happy 1 not too happy |
Classification | O-HL-u-sq-v-3-a |
Author's label | Happiness |
Page in publication | 8 |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
Mean | 2.32 | 6.60 |
Standard deviation | 0.57 | 2.86 |
Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
% | 5.5 | 57.0 | 37.5 |
Full text | 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 |
Author's label | Life satisfaction |
Page in publication | 8,23 |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
On original range 1 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
Mean | 7.85 | 7.61 |
Standard deviation | 2.04 | 2.27 |
Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
% | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 11.9 | 25.8 | 21.9 | 21.8 |
Author's label | Our subject description | |
Intensity of internet use | show | Time on internet |
Intensity of internet use | show | Time spend on internet, also classified as above ↑ |
Intensity of internet use | show | Use of internet, also classified as above ↑ |