Senik (2011): study ZZ Europe 2002

Publication

Author(s):

Senik, C.

Title:

The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness.

Source:

Working Paper No. 2011 - 34, Paris School of Economics, 2011, Paris, France

Investigation

Public

15+ aged, general public, Europe, 13 EU nations, 2002-2009

Survey name

EU-ESS 1-4: 2002-2010

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 64706

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer

Classification:

O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

9, 57

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.61 7.61

SD:

1.69 1.69

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Log (household income) Household income Married Married state (compared to non-married states) Divorced Divorced or separated Widowed Widowed Unemployed Unemployed involuntary Country of residence Current nation of residence
Country of settlement Region of origin Country of origin Summed determinants Summed socio-demographic factors only Gender Sex: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Migration generation Ever migrated or not
Migration generation
Migration of parents