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Studies

Samanni & Holmberg (2010): study ZZ 1999

Publication

Author(s):
Samanni, M.; Holmberg, S.
Title:
Quality of Government Makes People Happy.
Source:
QoG Working Paper Serie 2010:1, The Quality of Government Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Göteborg, 2010, Sweden

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, in 90 nations, 1999-2008
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 100000
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:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Distribution not reported.
Page in publication:
5
Full text:
Self report on single question:

On the whole, how happy would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-b

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Government effectiveness