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VanderMeer & Wielers (2013): study ZZ Europe 2004

Publication

Author(s):
VanderMeer, P.H.; Wielers, R.
Title:
What Makes Workers Happy?
Source:
Applied Economics, 2013, Vol. 45, 357 - 368

Investigation

Public
Working people, 20 European countries, 2004.
Survey name
EU-ESS 2: 2004
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 11986
Non Response
Not reported
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 nowadays?
0  extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd
Author's label:
satisfaction
Page in publication:
361
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.51 5.51
SD:
1.70 1.70
Full text:
Self report on 2 questions:

A. Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
10    extremely happy                                                                      
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0     extremely unhappy

B. All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays.?
10   extremely satisfied                                                                
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0   extremely dissatisfied   

Summation:  (A+B)/2
Classification:
O-Sum-*-mq-n-11-b
Author's label:
Happyfaction
Remarks:
This measure is called happyfaction, is the average of satisfaction and happiness.
Page in publication:
361
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.36 5.36
SD:
1.69 1.69
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Author's label:
happiness
Page in publication:
363
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.21 5.21
SD:
1.95 1.95

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding ln(workhours)