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Studies

Downward & Rasciute (2011a): study GB 2006

Publication

Author(s):
Downward, P.; Rasciute, S.
Title:
An Economic Analysis of the Subjective Health and Well-Being of Physical Activity?
Source:
Rodriguez, P.: et al, Ed.:" The Economics of Sport, Health and Happiness", Edgar Elgar, 2011, Cheltenham, Uk

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2006
Survey name
UK-TakingpartSurver2006
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 24174
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
10  extremely happy
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  extremely unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-10-e
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
Table 2,1
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.53%,   2: 0.53%,   3: 1.26%,   4: 1.94%,   5: 6.61%,   6: 7.48%,   7: 18.44%,   8: 30.05%,   9: 17.56%,   10: 15.63%   (total 100.03%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.75 7.50
SD:
1.70 1.89

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Number of adults in the household