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Studies

Stanca (2012): study ZZ World samples 1980

Publication

Author(s):
Stanca, L.
Title:
Suffer the little children: Measuring the effects of parenthood on well-being worldwide
Source:
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 81 742-750

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, 54 nations, 1980 - 2008
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 345000
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:
The original answers on a scale 1 to 10 were multiplied by 10 in order to ease interpretation of regression results.
Page in publication:
749
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.64 6.27
SD:
2.46 2.73
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:
749f
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.03 -
SD:
0.74 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Parenthood