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Studies

Blanchflower & Oswald (2004): study GB Northern Ireland 1991

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 )

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, United Kingdom, 1991
Survey name
INT-ISSP 1991
Sample
Probability systematic sample
Respondents
N = 831
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report 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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 5%,   3: 58%,   4: 35%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.28 7.29
SD:
0.60 1.69