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Studies

Ohtake & Tomioka (2004): study JP 2002

Publication

Author(s):
Ohtake, F.; Tomioka, J.
Title:
Happiness and Income Inequality in Japan.
Source:
Paper, ISER, 2004, Osaka University, Japan

Investigation

Public
20+ aged, general public, Japan, 2002
Survey name
JP-Life&SocietySurvey
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 1920
Non Response
68
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, how happy are you these days?
0  very unhappy
1
2
3
4
5  neither happy nor unhappy
6
7
8
9
10 very happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-n-11-ax
Remarks:
20-65 aged only
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.39 6.39
SD:
1.99 1.99