Alesina et al. (2004): study US 1981
Publication
- Author(s):
- Alesina, A.; DiTella, R.; MacCulloch, R.J.
- Title:
- Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?
- Source:
- Journal of Public Economics, 2004, Vol. 88, 2009 - 2042
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, United States, 1981-1996
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 19895
- Non Response
- not reported
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taken all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are....?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
- Author's label:
- happiness
- Page in publication:
- 2009
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 11.35%, 2: 57.36%, 3: 31.29% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.20 7.22
- SD:
- 0.62 1.62