Bartram (2011): study US 1995

Publication

Author(s):

Bartram, D.

Title:

Economic Migration and Happiness: Comparing Immigrants' and Natives' Happiness Gains from Income.

Source:

Social Indicators Research, 2011, Vol. 103, 57 - 76

Investigation

Public

18-94 aged natives and immigrants, USA, 1995

Survey name

INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 1339

Non Response

203

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
0  dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a

Author's label:

Life Satisfaction

Page in publication:

63-64

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.63 7.63

SD:

1.98 1.98

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years) Income Household income Marital Status Broken marriage: divorced and widowed (vs married or never married Children Ever had children (vs not)
Number of children Unemployed Current employment status Religion Belief in god Health Self-perceived health Immigrant Status Ever migrated or not Financial Satisfaction Satisfaction with financial situation