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Studies

Guven (2009b): study NL 1993

Publication

Author(s):
Guven, C.
Title:
Weather and Financial Risk-Taking: Is Happiness the Channel?
Source:
SOEP Paper No. 218, 2009, Berlin, Germany

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, households' members, Netherlands, 1993-2006
Survey name
NL-DHS 1993
Sample
Sampling not reported
Respondents
N = 4500
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

To what extent do you consider yourself a happy person....?
5  very happy
4  happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  not very happy
1  unhappy
Classification:
O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
8
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0%,   2: 1%,   3: 14%,   4: 66%,   5: 18%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.02 7.12
SD:
0.60 1.24

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Regional sunshine