Veenhoven & Vergunst (2014): study ZZ World samples 1946
Publication
- Author(s):
- Veenhoven, R.; Vergunst, F.
- Title:
- The Easterlin Illusion: Economic growth does go with Greater Happiness.
- Source:
- Int. Journal Happiness and Development, 2014, Vol. 1, 311 - 343
Investigation
- Public
- Adult general population 67 nations followed 10 to 40 years 1946 to 2011
- Survey name
- Survey series: findings of which are listed in World Database of Happiness
- Sample
- Varied Probability
- Respondents
- N = 3000000
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Multiple assesment methods
Mostly face-to-face interviews
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self reports on various single questions combined
Questions type
- O-HL 3-step
4-step verbal
5-step verbal
- O-SL 2-step verbal
3-step verbal
4 step verbal
5-step verbal
7-step numeral
10-step numeral
11-step numeral
- C-BW 11-step numeral
All average responses transformed to a common 0-10 scale - Classification:
- M-CO-*-sq-nvt-11-a
- Author's label:
- happiness