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Studies

Kataria & Regner (2009): study DE 1997

Publication

Author(s):
Kataria, M.; Regner, T.
Title:
A Note on the Relationship between Television Viewing and individual Happiness.
Source:
Jena Economic Research Papers 2009-098, 2009, Jena Germany

Investigation

Public
18+ general public, Germany, 1997
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2026
Non Response
49,5%
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.3%,   2: 0.9%,   3: 3.7%,   4: 5.5%,   5: 11.8%,   6: 12.3%,   7: 17.8%,   8: 28.1%,   9: 11.2%,   10: 7.3%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.93 6.59
SD:
1.94 2.15

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding TV watching