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Studies

Eren & Asici (2016): study TR 2013 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Eren, K.A.; Asici, A.A.
Title:
The Determinants of Happiness in Turkey: Evidence from City-Level Data.
Source:
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2016, Online Paper, 1 - 23

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, urban areas, Turkey, 2013
Survey name
TR-TurkishLS2013
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 196203
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Thinking about your life as a whole, how happy would you say you are?
5  I am very happy
4  I am happy
3  so-so
2  I am unhappy
1  I am very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-f
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
Means calculated by WDH-team
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.58%,   2: 8.31%,   3: 28.79%,   4: 51.23%,   5: 9.09%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.56 6.40
SD:
0.87 2.16

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Education Level of school-education Widow-divorced vs. single Widowed
Divorced or separated
Married vs. single Married (vs never married) Unemployed vs. out of labour force Unemployed involuntary
Not in labor force
Employed vs. out of labour force Current employment status Household income Satisfaction with income\finances Materialistic virtues Perceived sources of one's own happiness
Materialistic values
Health (self-reported) Self-perceived health Degree of hope Current hope Satisfaction from friends Satisfaction with friends Satisfaction from housing Satisfaction with housing
Build environment
Perception of safety Feeling secure (vs threatened)