Lindqvist et al. (2018): study SE 2016
Publication
- Author(s):
- Lindqvist, E.; Cesarini, D.; Ostling, R.
- Title:
- Long-run Effects of Lottery Wealth on Psychological Well-Being.
- Source:
- Working Paper, 2018, IFN, No. 1220, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
Investigation
- Public
- Earlier lottery winners and controls, Sweden 2016
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability purposive sample
- Respondents
- N = 3362
- Non Response
- 31%
- Assessment
-
Multiple assesment methods
Combination of paper and telephone survey
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:
- 8, 36
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.14 7.14
- SD:
- 1.77 1.77
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
All things considered, please indicate how satisfied you feel with your life at the moment? The bottom of the ladder indicates extreme dissatisfaction, while the top indicates high levels of satisfaction with your life. On which step of the ladder do you personally feel you stand at the moment, assuming that the higher up the step the more satisfied and the lower on the ladder the more dissatisfied you are with your life?
10 very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-l-11-g
- Author's label:
- Overall Life Satisfcaction
- Page in publication:
- 8
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.21 7.21
- SD:
- 1.93 1.93