Esaiasson et al. (2019): study CH 1999

Publication

Author(s):

Esaiasson, P.; Dahlberg, S.; Kokkonen, A.

Title:

In Pursuit of Happiness: Life satisfaction Drives Political Support

Source:

European Journal of Political Research, 2019, online, 1 - 20

Investigation

Public

18+ aged, general public, Switzerland, followed yearly 1999 - 2013

Survey name

CH-SHP pooled waves

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 23561

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

In general, how satisfied are you with your life?
0  not at all
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied

Classification:

O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h

Author's label:

SWB, satisfaction with life.

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0.22%,   2: 0.24%,   3: 1.36%,   4: 6.41%,   5: 0.82%,   6: 4.15%,   7: 4.23%,   8: 14.83%,   9: 36.04%,   10: 17.46%,   11: 14.23%   (total 99.99%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.63 7.63

SD:

1.94 1.94

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Recent stress + earlier happiness Summed effect of earlier personal conditions Recent termination of personal relationship Specific earlier life-events
Recent divorce/separation Change satisfaction with democracy Later political behavior
Satisfaction with democracy in nation
Change in satisfaction with democracy in nation