Esaiasson et al. (2019): study CH 1999
Publication
- Author(s):
- Esaiasson, P.; Dahlberg, S.; Kokkonen, A.
- Title:
- In Pursuit of Happiness: Life satisfaction Drives Political Support
- Source:
- European Journal of Political Research, 2019, online, 1 - 20
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Switzerland, followed yearly 1999 - 2013
- Survey name
- CH-SHP pooled waves
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 23561
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h
- Author's label:
- SWB, satisfaction with life.
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.22%, 2: 0.24%, 3: 1.36%, 4: 6.41%, 5: 0.82%, 6: 4.15%, 7: 4.23%, 8: 14.83%, 9: 36.04%, 10: 17.46%, 11: 14.23% (total 99.99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.63 7.63
- SD:
- 1.94 1.94