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Studies

Avery (2010): study US 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Avery, D.R.
Title:
Investigating the Racioethnic Differences in the Link Between Workplace Racioethnic Dissimilarity and Life Satisfaction.
Source:
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2010, Vol. 16, 307 - 312

Investigation

Public
Working population, USA, 2005
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Probability cluster sample
Respondents
N = 541
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 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:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
309
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.16 7.16
SD:
2.04 2.04

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years) Education Level of school-education
Vocational education
Income Personal income Female Sex: male (vs female) Black ETHNICITY Hispanic ETHNICITY Coworker racioethnic dissimilarity Ethnic diversity at work Racioethnic prejudice Tendency to discriminate ethnic groups one-self