Bartram (2011): study US 1995

Publication

Author(s):

Bartram, D.

Title:

Economic Migration and Happiness: Comparing Immigrants' and Natives' Happiness Gains from Income.

Source:

Social Indicators Research, 2011, Vol. 103, 57 - 76

Investigation

Public

18-94 aged natives and immigrants, USA, 1995

Survey name

INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 1339

Non Response

203

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?
0  dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a

Author's label:

Life Satisfaction

Page in publication:

63-64

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.63 7.63

SD:

1.98 1.98

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years) Income Household income Marital Status Broken marriage (divorced and widowed vs married or never married Children Ever had children (vs not)
Number of children Unemployed Current employment status Religion Belief in god Health Self-perceived health Immigrant Status Ever migrated or not Financial Satisfaction Satisfaction with financial situation