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Studies

Blanchflower & Oswald (2017): study GB 2011

Publication

Author(s):
Blanchflower, D.G.; Oswald, A.J.
Title:
Do Humans Suffer a Psychological Low in Midlife? Two Approaches (With and Without Controls) in Seven Data Sets
Source:
CAGE Working Paper 2017, Nr. 337, University of Warwick, USA

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2011-2015
Survey name
UK-APS combined waves
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 415589
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
A combination of face-to-face interviews and telephone interviews

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as a whole?
10  completely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0   completely dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
6,17

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years)