Hagerty (2000): study ZZ Developed nations 1972
Publication
- Author(s):
- Hagerty, M.R.
- Title:
- Social Comparison of Incomes in One's Community: Evidence from National Surveys of Income and Happiness.
- Source:
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2000, Vol. 78, 764 - 771
Investigation
- Public
- General public, 8 developed countries, 1972-1994
- Survey name
- Pooled surveys
- Sample
- Varied Probability
- Respondents
- N = 120000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Equivalent questions on happiness and life-satisfaction rated on various scales. The items differ slightly in wording and number of the response options.
Scores are transformed to a common range 0 - 10 by means of expert weighting of response options (Thurstone's method). - Classification:
- O-Sum-*-sq-nt-11-a