Baltatescu (2010): study ZZ Eastern Europe 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Baltatescu, S.M.
- Title:
- A Success Story? Happiness in the New Post-Communist EU Member States
- Source:
- Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1957010
Investigation
- Public
- 15+ aged general public, Eastern European countries 2001-2008
- Survey name
- EU-Eurobarometer combined waves
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 80000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
On the whole how satisfied are you with the life you lead?
4 very satisfied
3 fairly satisfied
2 not very satisfied
1 not at all satisfied
- Don't know - Classification:
- O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question;
On the whole, how satisfied are you with your life in general?
Would you say you are..
4 very satisfied
3 fairly satisfied
2 not very satisfied
1 not at all satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-v-4-b
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 7
Correlational Findings
Trend average happiness in Hungary
Trend average happiness in Slovenia
Trend average happiness in transition countries
Trend average happiness in Bulgaria
Trend average happiness in Estonia
Trend average happiness in former East Germany
Trend average happiness in Latvia
Trend average happiness in Poland
Trend average happiness in Czech Republic
Trend average happiness in Slovakia
Trend average happiness in Lithuania
Hopeful (vs hopeless)
Optimism in nation