Easterlin (1974): study MY 1965
Publication
- Author(s):
- Easterlin, R.A.
- Title:
- Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence.
- Source:
- David, P.A.;Melvin, W.R.;Eds.: "Nations and Households in Economic Growth", Academic Press, 1974, New York, USA, 89 - 125.
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, age range not reported, general public, Malaysia, 1965
- Survey name
- INT-GallupWorldSurvey 3
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 502
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
In general, how happy would you say you are.....?
3 very happy
2 fairly happy
1 not very happy - Classification:
- O-HL-g-sq-v-3-f
- Page in publication:
- 107
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 15%, 2: 64%, 3: 17% (total 96%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.02 6.56
- SD:
- 0.58 1.62