Bjornskov (2008a): study US 1993
Publication
- Author(s):
- Bjornskov, C.
- Title:
- Social Capital and Happiness in the United States.
- Source:
- Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2008, Vol. 3, 43 - 62
Investigation
- Public
- 18+aged, general public, 9 regions, USA, 1983-1998
- Sample
- Probability area sample
- Respondents
- N = 60200
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
I am very satisfied with the way things are going in my life these days:
1 definitely disagree
2
3
4
5
6 definitely agree - Classification:
- O-SLP-c-sq-n-6-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness/life-satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Average happiness in 48 Us States in 1990-1998, ranging from 2,8 (Idaho) to 4,2 (Arizona).
- Page in publication:
- Table 1
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.04 -
- SD:
- 0.08 -