Horner (2014): study ZZ EU 14 2004
Publication
- Author(s):
- Horner, E.M.
- Title:
- Subjective Well-Being and Retirement: Analysis and Policy Recommendations.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014, Vol. 15, 125 - 144
Investigation
- Public
- 50-70 aged men, 16 western nations, 2004-2006
- Survey name
- Multiple surveys pooled
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 18345
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
face-to-face and computer-aided personal interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Scores on 2 questions used in 3 surveys combined and recoded to range -3 to +3
A: How satisfied are you with your life?
10 completely satisfied
:
0 completely dissatisfied
B: I am satisfied with my life
7 strongly agree
6 agree
5 slightly agree
4 neither agree nor disagree
3 slightly disagree
2 disagree
1 strongly disagree - Classification:
- O-SLu-u-sq-nvt-7-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- On scale -3 to +3, country means range from 0,9 (Poland) to 2,0 (Switzerland and Demark)
- Page in publication:
- table3
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -3 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.50 7.50
- SD:
- 1.10 1.83