Pénard et al. (2013): study LU 2008
Publication
- Author(s):
- Pénard, T.; Poussing, N.; Suire, R.
- Title:
- Does the Internet make People Happier?
- Source:
- Journal of Socio-Economics, 2013, Vol. 46, 105 - 116
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Luxemburg, 2008
- Survey name
- EU-EVS
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 1332
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taking all together: how happy would you say you are? Would you say you are?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-3-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 8
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 5.5%, 2: 57%, 3: 37.5% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.32 6.60
- SD:
- 0.57 2.86
- 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:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 8,23
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1.5%, 2: 1.4%, 3: 2.3%, 4: 2.4%, 5: 6.6%, 6: 4.4%, 7: 11.9%, 8: 25.8%, 9: 21.9%, 10: 21.8% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.85 7.61
- SD:
- 2.04 2.27