Nidup et al. (2018): study BT 2012

Publication

Author(s):

Nidup, J.; DeSilva, A.; Feeny, S.

Title:

Improving Well-Being in Bhutan: A Pursuit of Happiness or Poverty Reduction?

Source:

Social Indicators Research, 2018, Vol. 140, 79 - 100

Investigation

Public

Adults, age range not rpeorted, Bhutan, 2012

Survey name

BT-Bhutan Living Standard Survey 2012

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 8847

Non Response

11,5%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

In general, how happy do you consider yourself to be?
5   very happy
4   moderately happy
3   neither happy nor unhappy
2   moderately unhappy
1   very unhappy

Classification:

O-HL-g-sq-v-5-f

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

84

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

4.15 -

SD:

0.76 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Income poverty Household income
`objective` poverty Multi Dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) `objective` poverty Self-perceived poverty Subjective poverty Household size Number of persons in household Nationality of household head Characteristics of household-members Number of dependent hh members Dependent persons in household Number of rooms in house Type of current dwelling Literacy Literacy Education Level of school-education Unemployed Unemployed involuntary Married Married state (compared to non-married states) Widowed Widowed (vs all other marital states) Member of farmer's cooperative Membership of voluntary organizations Trust in neighbours Trust in fellow-man in nation Togetherness Local social cohesion Believe in a local deity Specific beliefs Savings account Savings Ownership of house Ownership of current dwelling