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Studies

Downward & Rasciute (2011a): study GB 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Downward, P.; Rasciute, S.
Title:
An Economic Analysis of the Subjective Health and Well-Being of Physical Activity?
Source:
Rodriguez, P.: et al, Ed.:" The Economics of Sport, Health and Happiness", Edgar Elgar, 2011, Cheltenham, Uk

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2005
Survey name
UK-TakingPartSurvey 2005
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 28117
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
10  extremely happy
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  extremely unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-10-e
Author's label:
happiness
Page in publication:
Table 2,1
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.6%,   2: 0.62%,   3: 1.72%,   4: 2.17%,   5: 7.79%,   6: 7.4%,   7: 18.5%,   8: 30.07%,   9: 17.31%,   10: 13.83%   (total 100.01%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.63 7.37
SD:
1.75 1.95

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Number of adults in the household