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Mayol & Pénard (2017): study FR 2013

Publication

Author(s):
Mayol, A.; Pénard, T.
Title:
Facebook Use and Individual Well-Being: Like Me to Make Me Happier!
Source:
Revue d'Economie Industriel, 2017, Vol. 158, 101-127

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, Facebook users, France, 2013
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive-quota sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

I am satisfied with my life.
1  strongly disagree
2  disagree
3  slightly disagree
4  neither agree, nor disagree
5  slightly agree
6  agree
7  strongly agree

Item in Diener's Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)
Classification:
O-SLu-u-sq-v-7-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
109-110
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4.3%,   2: 7.3%,   3: 10.1%,   4: 18.4%,   5: 19.8%,   6: 33.6%,   7: 5.9%   (total 99.4%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.68 6.13
SD:
1.55 2.59

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender