Study Kataria & Regner (2009): study ZZ 1995
- Public
- 18+ aged general public, 38 nations, 1995-2001
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 42545
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- TV watching
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Self report on single question:
"On an average weekday, how much time do you spend watching television?"
1: No time at all (reference)
2: 1-2 hours per day
3: 2-3 hours per day
4: more than 3 hours per day
Observed Relation with Happiness
TV (1-2 h) (vs No time at all)
TV (2-3 h) (vs No time at all)
TV (>3 h) (vs No time at all)
TV (1-2 h) (vs No time at all)
TV (2-3 h) (vs No time at all)
TV (>3 h) (vs No time at all)
TV (1-2 h) (vs No time at all)
TV (2-3 h) (vs No time at all)
TV (>3 h) (vs No time at all)
Betas controlled for:
- Income
- Health
- Freedom
- Unemployed
- Married
- Education
- Education^2
- Age
- Age^2
- Male
- Religion important
- Trust
- Honesty
- Voluntary org. Dummy
- Active voluntary org. Dummy
TV (1-2 h) (vs No time at all)
Beta additionally controlled for Time spent with:
- family
- friends
- colleagues
- church
- sport
TV (2-3 h) (vs No time at all)
Beta additionally controlled for Time spent with:
- family
- friends
- colleagues
- church
- sport
TV (>3 h) (vs No time at all)
Beta additionally controlled for Time spent with:
- family
- friends
- colleagues
- church
- sport