| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Fahey, A.L.; Smyth, E. |
| Title | The Link between Subjective Well-Being and Objective Conditions in European Societies. |
| Source | Arts, W.;Halman, L.;Eds.: ''European Values at the Turn of the Millennium'', Brill, 2004, Boston, USA, 57 - 80 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, 33 European nations, 1999-2000 |
| Denmark, Malta, Ireland, Iceland, Austria, North Ireland, Finland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, West Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Great Britain, Slovenia, East Germany, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Portugal, France, Croatia, Greece, Poland, Slowakia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Lithunia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine. | |
| 1999-2000 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| European Values Study 1999-2000 | |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage cluster sample |
| Non-probability sample of nations. Probability samples within nations. | |
| Respondents N = | 39799 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days? 1 dissatisfied 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 satisfied |
| Classification | O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a |
| Author's label | life satisfaction |
| Page in publication | p.60 |
| Remarks | Range: 4,6 (Ukraine) to 8,2 (Denmark). |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Age | A04ab | Current age (in years) |
| Age at leaving education | E01ab02 | Level of school-education |
| Annual average GDP-growth rate 1990-1999 | N04aa02a | Economic growth/decline in nation |
| GDP per capita, 4 quartiles | N04ab | Current economic condition of the nation |
| GDP per capita, 4 quartiles | N04ab01a | Gnp per capita (raw), also classified as above ↑ |
| GDP per capita, in dollars | N04ab01a | Gnp per capita (raw) |
| Household income | I01ab | Current income level (unspecified) |
| Income inequality | N14ab01d | Income inequality |
| Male sex | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Marital status | M02aa | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
| Marital status | M02aa03 | Married vs divorced, also classified as above ↑ |
| Marital status | M02aa02 | Married vs widowed, also classified as above ↑ |
| Perceived economic hardship | N04ad | Attitudes to economy in the nation |
| Social class | O01ab02 | Kind of occupation (profession) |
| Standard deviation in life satisfaction | N14ab01ha | Inequality in happiness |
| Standard deviation in life satisfaction | H05ab | Inequality of happiness in nations, also classified as above ↑ |
| Unemployed | E02ab | Current employment status |