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Studies

Helliwell & Huang (2008): study US 2001

Publication

Author(s):
Helliwell, J.F.; Huang, H.
Title:
Well-Being and Trust in the Workplace.
Source:
NBER Working Paper No 14589, 2008, Cambridge, USA

Investigation

Public
Working population, USA, 2001
Survey name
US-Social Capital Benchmark Survey
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 13000
Non Response
Assessment

not reported

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, would you say you are ..?
4  very happy
3  happy
2  not very happy
1  not happy at all
-  don't know
-  refused
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-n
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
8
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.33 -
SD:
0.58 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Frequency of attending religious services