Ghosal et al. (2013): study IN Kolkata 2012
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ghosal, S.; Jana, S.; Mani, A.
- Title:
- Believing in Oneself: Can Psychological Training Overcome the Effects of Social Exclusion?
- Source:
- Working Paper Series, University of Warwick, 2013, No. 152
Investigation
- Public
- Sex workers, before and after training, Kolkata India 2012-2013
- Survey name
- EU-EVS1981-84
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 472
- Non Response
- 7%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
On a scale of 1-5, how happy would you classify yourself to be in life?
5 very happy
4 somewhat happy
3 indifferent
2 somewhat unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-5-I
- Author's label:
- Happu=iness
- Remarks:
- Reverse scale
Recoded: 1: happy (5 or 4) 0: unhappy (3,2,1)
Mean on recoded binary happiness: treatment 0,48, controls 0,51 - Page in publication:
- 9