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Studies

Bartram (2011): study US 1995

Publication

Author(s):
Bartram, D.
Title:
Economic Migration and Happiness: Comparing Immigrants' and Natives' Happiness Gains from Income.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2011, Vol. 103, 57 - 76

Investigation

Public
18-94 aged natives and immigrants, USA, 1995
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1339
Non Response
203
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?
0  dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Page in publication:
63-64
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.63 7.63
SD:
1.98 1.98

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age