Study

Publication
Author(s)	Dorn, D.; Fischer, J.A.; Kirchgässner, G.; Sousa-Poza, A.
Title	Direct Democracy and Life Satisfaction Revisited: New Evidence for Switzerland.
Source	Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, Vol. 9, 227 - 255
DOI	DOI:10.1007/s10902-007-9050-9
Investigation
Public	20+ aged, general public, Switzerland, 2000
Survey name	CH-Living in Switserland
Sample	Probability simple random sample
Weighting	Y
Respondents N =	0
Non Response	0
Assesment	Interview: face-to-face
General remarks	1. The frequencies of values 0,1,2 and 3 of the distribution are aggregated into one value 2. Sources are aggregated data of Leu (1992) and SHP (1992-2002)
Happiness measure(s) used

Full text	Selfreport on single question: In general, how satisfied are you with your life? 0 not at all satisfied 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 completely satisfied
Classification	O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-e
Remarks	1. The frequencies of values 0,1,2 and 3 of the distribution are aggregated into one value 2. Sources are aggregated data of Leu (1992) and SHP (1992-2002)
Finding used in nation ranks	Yes

Scores in	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
%	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	4.5	4.3	15.3	37.7	17.6	18.9