Dorsett & Oswald (2014): study GB 2005
Publication
- Author(s):
- Dorsett, R.; Oswald, A.J.
- Title:
- Human Well-being and In-Work Benefits: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Source:
- IZA Working Paper Series, 2014, No. 7943, Warwick, Uk
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged unemployed single mothers, UK, followed 5 years. Participants and controls in a program, 2003-2008
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 3320
- Non Response
- 41
- Assessment
-
Multiple assesment methods
Telephone (CAT) and face-to-face interviews T1 (2 Years) after the initial policy intervention T2 (5 Years) after the initial policy intervention
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taken all things together, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days? On the whole, would you say you are.....?
5 very satisfied
4 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-g
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- T1 (2 Years) Both Group M=3,59 SD=1,04
T2 (5 Years) Both Group M=3,62 SD=1,07 - Page in publication:
- 28
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4.61%, 2: 12.14%, 3: 19.1%, 4: 47.8%, 5: 16.36% (total 100.01%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.59 6.99
- SD:
- 1.04 2.44