Publication | |
Author(s) | Easterlin, R.A. |
Title | Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence. |
Source | David, P.A.;Melvin, W.R.;Eds.: "Nations and Households in Economic Growth", Academic Press, 1974, New York, USA, 89 - 125. |
Investigation | |
Public | Adults, age range not reported, general public, United Kingdom, 1965 |
Survey name | INT-GallupWorldSurvey 3 |
Sample | Not available |
Respondents N = | 1179 |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Full text | Self report on single question: In general, how happy would you say you are.....? 3 very happy 2 fairly happy 1 not very happy |
Classification | O-HL-g-sq-v-3-f |
DKNA % | 1.0 |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
Mean | 2.49 | 7.89 |
Standard deviation | 0.58 | 1.61 |
Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
% | 4.0 | 42.0 | 53.0 |