Delhey & Kroll (2012): study ZZ OECD member states 2008
Publication
- Author(s):
- Delhey, J.; Kroll, C.
- Title:
- A " Happiness Test" for the New Measures of the National Well-Being: How much Better than GDP are They?
- Source:
- WZB Discussion Paper SP I 2012-201, 2012, Berlin, Germany
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, OECD member states, 2008
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 340000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 3 questions
A: All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you overall with your life as a whole these days?
1 dissatisfied
.
.
10 satisfied
B: Here is a picture of a ladder. The '10' at the top of the ladder means the best possible life you can imagine. The '0' at the bottom of the ladder means the worst possible life you can imagine. On which place of the ladder is your life as a whole? Please mark the number that best corresponds with how you feel about your life now.
10 best possible
.
.
0 the worst life I can imagine
C: Taking all together, how happy would you say you are:
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy
Computation: transformed to z-scores and added up - Classification:
- M-CO-c-mq-*-10-a
- Author's label:
- Subjective Well-being
- Page in publication:
- 17
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Here is ladder representing the 'ladder of life'. Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?
10 best possible
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 worst possible life
This question was followed (not preceded) by items on life 5 years ago and 5 years from now. - Classification:
- C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c
- Author's label:
- Life Contentment
- Page in publication:
- 17
- 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:
- 17
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy. - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
- Author's label:
- Life Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 17