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Studies

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

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding GNI per capita