Study Sakawa et al. (2015): study JP Kinki 2006
- Public
- Students, Osaka, Japan, followed 14 months, 2006-2008
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 70
- Non Response
- 13%
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Respondents were asked to fill out a daily survey and and an hourly survey: - Daily survey: During a month respondents were asked to report every day their happiness and evaluation of personal and macro news (how good or bad they are) Arriving on that day. - Hourly survey: Respondents were asked to choose one day every month on which to report their happiness and what they were doing just before reporting, once during every hour that day.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Month of the year
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Average of 24 hourly happiness ratings at randomly determined moments during one day of each month.
Observed Relation with Happiness
January +.07 ns
February +.07 ns
March +.38 001
April +.20 05
May +.28 01
June +.12 ns
July -.17 10
August +.19 05
September +.12 ns
October +.10 ns
November (ref.)
December +.21 01
Summarized: in march, april, may, august, and december respondents were significantly happier. In 5 months of the year happiness is higher than in november.
OLRC controlled for:
-other months in the equation
-daily hours 1-24
Extra control for 'daily activities' did not effect OLRC significantly.