Study Stutzer (2004): study CH 1992
- Public:
- 18+ aged, general public, Switzerland, 1992-94
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 4462
- Non Response:
- n.a.
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Household income
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Self report on a question about household income in SFr. per month on a scale of 13 categories
Observed Relation with Happiness
B controlled for:
- household size
- household composition
- socio-demographic characteristics
- language differences
- self reported aspiration level
- self reported minimum required income.
- the discrepancy between self reported aspiration level and household income
- relative income (average income and proportion of rich people)
- relative income (average income, proportion of rich people and interaction terms with 'contact with neighbours)
B means that if household income increase by 100 % happiness increases by .27 points (3 %) on the happiness scale 1-10