Tsai (2009): study ZZ World samples 1990
Publication
- Author(s):
- Tsai, M.C.
- Title:
- Market Openness, Transition Economies and Subjective Wellbeing.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2009, Vol. 10, 523 - 539
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, 76 countries, 1990s
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1-3
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 80000
- 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
- Page in publication:
- 527
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.83 6.48
- SD:
- 0.80 0.89
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Are you happy or unhappy?
1 unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 happy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-n-10-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Originally on a 4 step scale, transformed to range 1-10.
- Page in publication:
- 527
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.54 6.16
- SD:
- 1.15 1.28