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Studies

Kirkcaldy et al. (2005): study ZZ 1995

Publication

Author(s):
Kirkcaldy, B.; Furnham, A.; Veenhoven, R.
Title:
Health Care and Subjective Well-Being in Nations.
Source:
Antoniou, A.S.;Cooper, C.L.;Eds.: "Research Companion to Organizational Health Psychology", Edward Elgar Publishers, 2005, UK, 393 - 412

Investigation

Public
Adults, general public, 53 nations, 1990s
Sample
Mixed samples
Respondents
N = 80000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

On the whole, how happy would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-b
Author's label:
happiness
Full text:
Happy Life Years

Life-expectancy in nations multiplied by 0-1 average happiness as assessed with survey questions type O-SL
Classification:
Y-LS-l-sq-nt-100-a
Author's label:
Happy life years
Full text:
Self report on 8 questions:

Using the scale below, indicate how much of the time during the PAST MONTH have you felt each emotion?
A  affectionate
B  joyful
C  sad
D  worried
E  irritable
F  guilty
G  happy
H  proud

1  never
2  slight amount (rare)
3  some of the time
4  about half the time
5  much of the time
6  almost always
7  always

Computation: (A+B+G+H)-(C+D+E+F)/8

Name: Diener's 'Affect Balance'
Classification:
A-BD2-cm-mq-v-7-b
Author's label:
Affect Balance
Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you consider all the aspects of your recent life, in what measure are you satisfied with it?
1  completely unsatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-ac
Author's label:
life satisfaction

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Health expenditure