Laaksonen (2018): study ZZ Europe 2008
Publication
- Author(s):
- Laaksonen, S.
- Title:
- A Research Note: Happiness by Age is More Complex than U-Shaped.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2018, Vol. 19, 471 - 482
Investigation
- Public
- 15+ aged general public, 30 EU nations, 2008-2013
- Survey name
- EU-ESS 4-6, 2008-2012
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 155500
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0 extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
- don't know
- no answer - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 472
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.86%, 2: 0.85%, 3: 1.6%, 4: 3.1%, 5: 3.8%, 6: 11.5%, 7: 9%, 8: 17.7%, 9: 25.6%, 10: 15.2%, 11: 9.8% (total 99.01%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.11 7.11
- SD:
- 2.07 2.07