Berlin & Kaunitz (2015): study SE 1991
Publication
- Author(s):
- Berlin, M.; Kaunitz, N.
- Title:
- Beyond Income: The Importance for Life Satisfaction of Having Access to a Cash Margin.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2015, Vol. 16, 1557 - 1573
Investigation
- Public
- 18-75 aged general public, Sweden, followed 9 years1991, 2000
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 6406
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
or by telephone
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
We have now been trough a lot of questions about your living conditions in different areas. How do you yourself view your own conditions/ By and large how do you think that your situation is?
5 very good
4 rather good
3 neither good nor bad
2 rather bad
1 very bad - Classification:
- O-SLC-u-sq-v-5-c
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction with life circumstances SLC
- Remarks:
- Data 1991
Data 2000
1 = 0,5; 2 = 1,4; 3 = 2,9; 4 = 50,9; 5 = 44,3 - Page in publication:
- 1559
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.4%, 2: 1.3%, 3: 2.7%, 4: 53%, 5: 42.6% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.35 -
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Do you usually feel that your daily life is a source of personal satisfaction?
3 yes
2 most often, yes
1 sometimes, no - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-v-3-e
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction with daily life SDL
- Remarks:
- Data 1991
Data 2000
1 = 5,7; 2 = 33,6; 3 =60,7. M = 2,55 - Page in publication:
- 1562
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 5.6%, 2: 33.3%, 3: 61.1% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.56 -
- SD:
- - -