Brereton et al. (2008): study IE 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Brereton, F.J.; Clinch, J.P.; Ferreira, S.
- Title:
- Happiness, Geography and the Environment.
- Source:
- Ecological Economics, 2008, Vol. 65, 386 - 396
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Ireland, 2001
- Survey name
- IR-National Survey QOL
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 1500
- Non Response
- 33,3
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Thinking about the good and bad things in your life, which of the answers best describes your life-as-a-whole?
1 as bad as can be
2 very bad
3 bad
4 alright
5 good
6 very good
7 as good as can be - Classification:
- O-GBB-u-sq-v-7-a
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.2%, 2: 0.3%, 3: 1.8%, 4: 13.3%, 5: 33%, 6: 37%, 7: 14% (total 99.6%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.47 -
- SD:
- 0.99 -