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 relative income and current income
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Natural logarithms of the two measures were subtracted Financial regional data: Federal Tax Administration
- Operationalization
- Difference in:
- Relative income level
- Household income
Relative income level is measured by:
- average income in region
- proportion of rich people in region
- average income and proportion of rich people interacted with contact with neighbours
Household income is measured by self report on a question about household income in SFr. per month on a scale of 13 categories
Observed Relation with Happiness
- average income
- proportion of rich people
B's controled for:
- household size
- household composition
- socio-demographic characteristics
- language differences
B means less happiness the higher is the difference between current income and:
- the average income
- proportion of rich people
- social contacts with rich people