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Studies

Gehring (2013): study ZZ World samples 1981

Publication

Author(s):
Gehring, K.
Title:
Who Benefits from Economic Freedom? Unraveling the Effect of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being.
Source:
World Development, 2013, Vol. 50, 74 - 90

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, 79 countries, 1981-2007
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 200000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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:
77
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.72 6.35
SD:
1.02 1.14
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:
Happiness
Page in publication:
77
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.05 -
SD:
0.27 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Economic freedom