| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Blanchflower, D.G.; Oswald, A.J. |
| Title | Well-Being over Time in Britain and the USA. |
| Source | Journal of Public Economics, 2004, Vol. 88, 1359 -1368 ) |
| DOI | DOI:10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00168-8 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | Adults, age range not reported, general public, West-Germany region, Germany, 1991 |
| Survey name | ISSP 1991 |
| Sample | Probability systematic sample |
| Respondents N = | 1333 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...? 4 very happy 3 fairly happy 2 not very happy 1 not at all happy |
| Classification | O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f |
| Page in publication | 24 |
| DKNA % | 3.0 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 4 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.07 | 6.70 |
| Standard deviation | 0.58 | 1.62 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| % | 1.0 | 10.0 | 67.0 | 19.0 |