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Studies

Bjornskov (2005): study ZZ World samples 1997

Publication

Author(s):
Bjornskov, C.
Title:
Life Satisfaction: Is There a Role for Policy?
Source:
Policy Paper No. VI/2005, European Enterprise Institute, 2005, Brussels, Belgium

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, 73 nations, 1997-2000
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 100000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 2 questions:

A  All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
    1  dissatisfied
     .
     .
    10 satisfied

B  Taking all together, how happy would you say you are?
    4  very happy
    3  quite happy
    2  not very happy
    1  not at all happy

Computation: Summed score, rescaled to range 0-100 with average 50
Classification:
O-Sum-*-mq-*-100-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Full distribution not reported
Page in publication:
3, 9, 10
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 100 On range 0-10
Mean:
42.74 4.27
SD:
20.03 2.00

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Government share of GDP