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Studies

Cheung (2018a): study ZZ World samples 1989

Publication

Author(s):
Cheung, F.
Title:
Income Redistribution Predicts Greater Life Satisfaction across Individual, National, and Cultural Characteristics
Source:
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2018, Vol 115, 867-882

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, 33 nations, followed 1989 - 2012
Survey name
INT-World Values Survey, pooled waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 112876
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Page in publication:
27
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.93 6.59
SD:
2.36 2.62

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age