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Studies

Chang & Nayga Jr. (2010): study TW 2001

Publication

Author(s):
Chang, H.H.; Nayga Jr., R.M.
Title:
Childhood Obesity and Unhappiness: the Influence of Soft Drinks and Fast Food Consumption.
Source:
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2010, Vol. 11, 261 - 275

Investigation

Public
Under 12 aged, children, Taiwan, 2001
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 2366
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Interviews with the mothers

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Rating by mother in response to single question:

How often does your child feel unhappy, sad or depressed?
1  often
2  seldom
3  never
Classification:
A-AOL-g-rdf-v-3-b
Remarks:
Due to the low percentage of responses in the "often" category, arthors combined the first two categories into a single category to represent unhappiness.
1: unhappy
0: happy
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
0.19 -
SD:
0.40 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Fast food