Veenhoven (2005c): study ZZ 1973
Publication
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, EU 8 member states, USA and Japan, 1973-2002
- Sample
- Mixed samples
- Respondents
- N = 300000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
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Happy Life Years
Life-expectancy in nations multiplied by 0-1 average happiness as assessed with survey questions type O-HL - Classification:
- Y-LH-l-sq-nt-100-a
- Author's label:
- happy Life Years
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Self report on single question:
Equivalent questions on overall happiness. (Slightly different items used in the various nations)
Scores transformed to common range 0 - 10 by means of Thurstone procedure (response options weighted by experts)
Weights for responses:
9.3 - very happy
6.7 - pretty happy
6.5 - fairly happy
4.1 - not too happy
3.7 - not very happy
2.7 - not happy
1.0 - not at all happy
0.6 - very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HV-*-sq-vt-11-a