Study Mentzakis & Moro (2009): study GB 1996

Public

16+ aged general public, the UK, followed 7 years, 1996-2003

Survey name

UK-BHPS combined waves

Sample

Respondents

N = 50658

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Absolute income

Our Classification

Remarks

Originally 5 categories, the lowest and highest of which splitted into two categories because of the large variance in those two groups, leading to 7 absolute income groups.

Distribution

Males: 1: 6,5%; 2: 7,9%; 3: 17,8%; 4: 20,5%; 5: 22,8%; 6: 11,9%; 7: 12,5%
Females: 1: 8,5%; 2: 9,1%; 3: 18,4; 4: 20,0%; 5: 21,6%; 6: 10,7%; 7: 11,5%

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Equivalised annual household income
1 lowest
2
3
4 (refecence groeuip)
5
6
7 highest

Observed Relation with Happiness