Guven & Hoxha (2015): study NL 1993

Publication

Author(s):

Guven, C.; Hoxha, I.

Title:

Rain or Shine: Happiness and Risk-Taking.

Source:

The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2015, Vol. 57, 1 - 10

Investigation

Public

16+ aged, Netherlands, 1993-2006

Survey name

NL-DHS

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 32000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question

To what extent do you consider yourself a happy person....?
5  very happy
4  happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  not very happy
1  unhappy

Classification:

O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

3,6

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0%,   2: 0.5%,   3: 15%,   4: 66%,   5: 18.5%   (total 100%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

4.03 -

SD:

0.60 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Hours of sunshine Local sunshine Subjective price expectations Attitudes to price development Making decisions slow Speedy, hurried Own life expectancy Attitudes to one self Average working hours per week Work hours Risk taking for money gain Risk minded
Attitude to saving Working pay off soon Risk minded Concern only about immediate consequences Risk minded View on self-control expenditures Attitude to saving View on self-control investments and returns Risk minded Little self-control or disciplined Inner locus of control