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Studies

Kataria & Regner (2009): study UG 2001

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, Uganda, 2001
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 1002
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: 8.4%,   2: 4.9%,   3: 5.5%,   4: 8.3%,   5: 24.8%,   6: 12.2%,   7: 10.9%,   8: 11.8%,   9: 6%,   10: 7.2%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.62 5.13
SD:
2.47 2.74

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding TV watching