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Studies

Litchfield et al. (2012): study AL 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Litchfield, J.; Reilly, B; Veneziani, M.
Title:
An Analysis of Life Satisfaction in Albania: An Heteroscedastic Ordered Probit Model Approach.
Source:
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, Vol. 81, 731 - 741

Investigation

Public
Working aged (15-65), Albania, 2005
Survey name
AL AlLSMS 2005
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 2923
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

By bearing in mind the last 12 months, are you on the whole satisfied or dissatisfied with your present life?
4  fully satisfied
3  rather satisfied
2  less than satisfied
1  not satisfied at all
-  no answer
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-i
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 29%,   2: 49%,   3: 20%,   4: 2%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.95 3.17
SD:
0.75 2.51

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Unemployed