Study Wilczek (2018): study ZZ Europe 2010

Public

15+ aged, general public, Europe 2010-2015

Survey name

EU-Eurobarometer 2010-2015

Sample

Respondents

N = 73860

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Impact levels of social events

Our Classification

Distribution

M=2.60; SD=3.61

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Impact levels of social events in nation.
a 1 Relevant events (affecting the majority of residents)
  0 Not relevant events
b 1 Non-polarizing events (either positive or negative consequences for the majority of the nation's population)
  0 Polarizing events (mixed consequences)
c 1 Certain consequences (have taken place or are unfolding)
  0 Uncertain consequences (probable to take place)
d 1 Radical events (occur on specific dates and bring about big changes)
  0 Incremental events (part of longer developments, smaller changes)
e 1 Chronologically close ( not more than 2 weeks before people's assesment of their life satisfaction)
   0 Chronologically distant.

Coded 1 to 5, etc. depending on the number of events.

Observed Relation with Happiness