Brown et al. (2018): study ZZ EU 16 1983
Publication
- Author(s):
- Brown, S.; Kontonikas, A.; Montagnoli, A.
- Title:
- Austerity, Life Satisfaction and Expectations.
- Source:
- Working Paper 2018, Nr. 001, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics, UK
Investigation
- Public
- 15+ aged general public, 16 EU countries 1983-2013
- Survey name
- EU-Eurobarometer combined waves
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 853482
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
1000 face to face interviews per country and repots are published twice yearly.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
On the whole how satisfied are you with the life you lead?
4 very satisfied
3 fairly satisfied
2 not very satisfied
1 not at all satisfied
- Don't know - Classification:
- O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b
- Author's label:
- Life Satisfaction
- Remarks:
- reported transformer mean 0,75, SD 0,75
- Page in publication:
- Table 1
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 3.88%, 2: 13%, 3: 55.17%, 4: 27.94% (total 99.99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.07 6.72
- SD:
- 0.75 2.05
Correlational Findings
Widowed
Divorced or separated