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Studies

Kataria & Regner (2009): study IN 1995

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, India, 1995-2001
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 4042
Non Response
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: 6.3%,   2: 1.4%,   3: 13.9%,   4: 2.7%,   5: 26.8%,   6: 5.3%,   7: 15.6%,   8: 7.4%,   9: 5.3%,   10: 11.9%   (total 96.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.82 5.36
SD:
2.54 2.82

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding TV watching