Klitgaard & Fedderke (1995): study ZZ 1975
Publication
- Author(s):
- Klitgaard, R.; Fedderke, J.
- Title:
- Social Integration and Disintegration: An Exploratory Analysis of Cross-Country Data.
- Source:
- World Development, 1995, Vol. 23, 357 - 369
Investigation
- Public
- Adult general public, 22 nations, 1975
- Survey name
- Multiple surveys pooled
- Sample
- Mixed samples
- Respondents
- N = 12000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
Various items using the term happiness
Responses transformed to common 0 to 10 scale
Scores on verbal response scales transformed using Thurstone's technique of expert weighing
Scores on numerical scales shorter than 11 step transformed by linear stretching - Classification:
- O-HV-*-sq-nt-11-b
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction 3 1975 (22)
- Remarks:
- Although the author has labelled the measure as 'satisfaction', according to the standard notation of WDH the measure is related to 'happiness'. The 3 scale question is transformed to 10 scale to report the mean value.
- Page in publication:
- 363
Correlational Findings
Political violence in nation