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

Discrepancy between aspirations (self reported) and income

Our Classification

Remarks

Household income is approximated by taking the mean of the selected class. Natural logarithms of the two questions were subtracted

Operationalization

Difference in response to two questions:

A What income would you indicate as good or bad in your circumstances? Please try to state what income per month (before taxes) for your entire household to be sufficient.

B Self report on a question about household income in SFr. per month on a scale of 13 categories

Observed Relation with Happiness