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Studies

Flavin (2018): study US 1976

Publication

Author(s):
Flavin, P.
Title:
State Government Public Goods Spending and Citizens’ Quality of Life.
Source:
Social Science Research, 2018, online

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, , 1976 - 2006
Survey name
US-GSS 1972-2006
Sample
Probability area sample
Respondents
N = 26007
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.19 -
SD:
0.63 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding State spending on public goods, without education and welfare