Land et al. (2017): study US 1976
Publication
- Author(s):
- Land, K.C.; Lamb, V. L.; Zang, E.
- Title:
- Objective and Subjective Indices of Well-Being: Resolving the Easterlin Happiness-Income Paradox
- Source:
- Brulé G. and Maggino M. (Eds.): "Metrics of Subjective Well-Being: Limits and Improvements" 2017, Springer, Cham, Swiss, 223-235
Investigation
- Public
- High school seniors, USA, 1976-2012
- Survey name
- Monitoring the Future Survey (MTF)
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 60000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
7 completely satisfied
6 quite satisfied
5 somewhat satisfied
4 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
3 somewhat dissatisfied
2 quite dissatisfied
1 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-g
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 231
Correlational Findings
Change GDP in nation: economic growth/decline
Trend average happiness in age groups