Gschwandtner et al. (2015): study GB 2012
Publication
- Author(s):
- Gschwandtner, A.; Jewell, S.; Kambhampati, U
- Title:
- On the Relationship between Lifestyle and Happiness in the UK.
- Source:
- Paper for 89th Annual Conference of AES, 2015, 1 - 33, Warwick, England
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public UK, 2012
- Survey name
- UK-BHPS combined waves
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 31946
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Multiple assesment methods
Interviews and self completion form
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How dissatisfied or satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1 not satisfied at all
2
3
4
5
6
7 completely satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e
- Author's label:
- life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 11
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.21 7.02
- SD:
- 145.00 241.67