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Studies

Altman et al. (2016): study ZZ OECD member states 1981

Publication

Author(s):
Altman, D.; Flavin, P.; Radcliff, B.F.
Title:
Democratic Institutions and Subjective Well-Being.
Source:
Political Studies, 2016, 1 - 20

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, OECD member states, 1981-2008
Survey name
INT-WVS: combined waves
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 63046
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Page in publication:
8
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.49 7.21
SD:
1.90 2.11

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Parliamentary (vs Presidential Executive)