Powdthavee (2008): study GB 1997
Publication
- Author(s):
- Powdthavee, N
- Title:
- Putting a Price Tag on Friends, Relatives, and Neighbours: Using Surveys of Life Satisfaction to Value Social Relationships.
- Source:
- Journal of Socio-Economics, 2008, Vol. 39, 1459 -1480
Investigation
- Public
- 16-65 aged Great-Britain, followed 6 years, 1997-2003
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 54424
- Non Response
- n.a.
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How dissatisfied or satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1 not satisfied at all
2
3
4
5
6
7 completely satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Mean and standard deviation of average T1 + T2. Overtime SD: 0,36
- Page in publication:
- 8
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 2%, 2: 2%, 3: 6%, 4: 15%, 5: 30%, 6: 33%, 7: 12% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.16 6.93
- SD:
- 1.28 2.16