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Rudolf (2014): study KR 1998

Publication

Author(s):
Rudolf, R.
Title:
Work Shorter, Be Happier? Longitudinal Evidence from the Korean Five -Day Working Policy.
Source:
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014, Vol. 15, 1139 - 1163

Investigation

Public
Married couples with children, followed 10 years before and after 5-day work policy, South Korea 1998-2008
Survey name
KR-KLIPS combined waves
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 50675
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, how satisfied (content, happy) are you with your life?
1  very unsatisfied
2  unsatisfied
3  neither unsatisfied nor satisfied
4  satisfied
5  very satisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-e
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
1145
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 11%,   3: 55%,   4: 32%,   5: 1%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.21 5.90
SD:
0.68 1.97

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Husband (vs wives)