Study Gundelach & Kreiner (2004): study ZZ Western Europe 1999

Public

18 + aged, general public, 9 nations in Western Europe, 1999

Sample

Respondents

N = 10517

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Iceland: face to face 74%; by phone 26% in remote areas.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Perceived freedom and control in life

Our Classification

Remarks

Data weighed

Operationalization

Selfreport on single question:
Some people feel they have completely free choice and control over their lives, while other people feel that what they do has no real effect on what happens to them. Please use this scale where 1 means "none at all" and 10 means "a great deal" to indicate how much freedom of choice and control you feel you have over the way your life turns out.

Observed Relation with Happiness