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Studies

Sarracino (2008): study ZZ World samples 1990

Publication

Author(s):
Sarracino, F.
Title:
Subjective Well-Being in Low Income Countries: Positional, Relational and Social Capital Components.
Source:
Studi e Note di Economica, vol. 5, nr 3, pp 449-477

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, 39 nations, 1990-2001
Survey name
INT-WVS: combined waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 267870
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
460, 462
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.01 -
SD:
0.74 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender