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Studies

Blanchflower & Clark (2021): study ZZ World samples 2017

Publication

Author(s):
Blanchflower, D.G.; Clark, A.E.
Title:
Children, unhappiness and family finances
Source:
Journal of Population Economics (2021): 34:625-653

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, 30 nations, 2017
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2018
Sample
Probability systematic sample
Respondents
N = 42656
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

Here are some questions about how you feel about your life. Please tick the number which you feel best describes how dissatisfied or satisfied you are with the following aspects of your current situation.

- Your life as a whole.

1 Completely dissatisfied
2 Mostly dissatisfied
3 Somewhat dissatisfied
4 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
5 Somewhat satisfied
6 Mostly satisfied
7 completely satisfied

Last item in a list of domain satisfactions
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-h
Author's label:
life satisfaction
Page in publication:
640
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 2.1%,   3: 6.3%,   4: 12%,   5: 39.9%,   6: 28.3%,   7: 10.4%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.14 -
SD:
1.18 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Number of todllers Number of children
Children in the household
Number of school-age children Number of children
Children in the household