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Studies

Senik (2011): study ZZ Europe 2002 /1

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, 13 EU nations, 2002-2009
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-4: 2002-2010
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 65371
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
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 GDP growth per year Change GDP in nation: economic growth/decline Unemployment rate Unemployment in nation Annual CPI Inflation in nation GDP per capita GDP per capita in nation (raw) Hours worked (ILO) Working hours in nation Life expectancy at birth Life-expectancy in the nation Government expenditures/GDP GDP per capita in nation (raw) France Current nation of residence