Daly et al. (2011): study ZZ Western nations 2005
Publication
- Author(s):
- Daly, M.C.; Oswald, A.J.; Wilson, D.; Wu, S.
- Title:
- Dark Contrasts: The Paradox of High Rates of Suicide in Happy Places.
- Source:
- Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011, Vol. 80, 435 - 442
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, Western Countries, 2005-2008
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 0
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 3.5%, 2: 2.5%, 3: 4.6%, 4: 5.4%, 5: 13.4%, 6: 11.3%, 7: 16%, 8: 19.6%, 9: 10.1%, 10: 12.5% (total 98.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.71 6.34
- SD:
- 2.34 2.60