Welsch (2002a): study ZZ 1991
Publication
- Author(s):
- Welsch, H.
- Title:
- Preferences over Prosperity and Pollution: Environmental Valuation based on Happiness Surveys.
- Source:
- Kyklos, 2002, Vol. 55, 473 - 494
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, 54 nations, 1990s
- Sample
- Mixed samples
- Respondents
- N = 75000
- Non Response
- n.a.
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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:
- Average self-reported well-being
- Remarks:
- Range=2,04-3,24
Responses to this type of question (1+4a) taken from World Database of Happiness. If data was available for more than 1 year, the year closest to 1995 was taken - Page in publication:
- 4
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.73 6.83
- SD:
- 0.34 -