Dorn et al. (2008): study CH 2000
Publication
- Author(s):
- Dorn, D.; Fischer, J.A.; Kirchgässner, G.; Sousa-Poza, A.
- Title:
- Direct Democracy and Life Satisfaction Revisited: New Evidence for Switzerland.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, Vol. 9, 227 - 255
Investigation
- Public
- 20+ aged, general public, Switzerland, 2000
- Survey name
- CH-Living in Switserland
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 0
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
In general, how satisfied are you with your life?
0 not at all satisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-e
- Remarks:
- 1. The frequencies of values 0,1,2 and 3 of the distribution are aggregated into one value
2. Sources are aggregated data of Leu (1992) and SHP (1992-2002) - Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0%, 3: 0%, 4: 1%, 5: 0.8%, 6: 4.5%, 7: 4.3%, 8: 15.3%, 9: 37.7%, 10: 17.6%, 11: 18.9% (total 100.1%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 8.10 8.10
- SD:
- 1.42 1.42