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
- Minimum required income
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Natural logaritm is used in the regression analysis
- Distribution
- M=3965,69 SD=1793,92
- Operationalization
- Self report on the single question:
What household income per month would you consider an absolute minimum in order to make ends and without running into debt even if you reduce your needs to a minimum?
Observed Relation with Happiness
- household income
- household size
- household composition
- socio-demographic characteristics
- language differences
- language differences
B means that if the minimum required income increases by 100 %, happiness decreases by .39 points (4,3 %) on the happiness scale 1-10