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Studies

Muffels et al. (2012): study ZZ Europe 2008

Publication

Author(s):
Muffels, R.; Dingemans, E.; Skugar, D.
Title:
Money Does not Buy much Happiness, but what have Income Inequality, Modernization and Personal values got to do with It?
Source:
Tilburg University REFLECT Research Paper, 2012, No.1, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Investigation

Public
18+ aged general public, 47 countries, 2008
Survey name
EU-EVS
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 67216
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:
Subjective wellebing (SWB)
Page in publication:
7, 26
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.97 6.63
SD:
2.32 2.58

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Log Household Income