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Studies

Ahn (2005): study ES 1999

Publication

Author(s):
Ahn, N.
Title:
Factors Affecting Life Satisfaction among Spanish Workers: Relative Importance of Wage and Other Factors.
Source:
Working Paper, European Commission to AGIR (Aging, Health and Retirement in Europe), 2005, Spain

Investigation

Public
Working people, Spain, 1999 -2003
Survey name
Encuesta de Calidad de Vida en el Trabajo
Sample
Sampling not reported
Respondents
N = 30000
Non Response
Assessment

not reported

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with your actual life?
10  very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-c-sq-n-10-c
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Men 6,97 (SD 1,64)
Women 6.90 (SD1,76)
Page in publication:
3/4
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.68%,   2: 0.86%,   3: 1.84%,   4: 3.34%,   5: 11.15%,   6: 17.12%,   7: 26.48%,   8: 23.72%,   9: 8.11%,   10: 6.7%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.95 6.61
SD:
1.68 1.87

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age