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Studies

Hopkinson et al. (2002): study GB 2002

Publication

Author(s):
Hopkinson, P.; James, B.; Maruyama, T.
Title:
Teleworking at BT. The Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of its Workabout Scheme.
Source:
Report SUSTEL (Sustainable Telework), 2002, UK

Investigation

Public
16+ aged teleworkers, UK, 2002
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 1874
Non Response
63,5%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question;

Overall, how would you rate the quality of your life over the past 12 month?
5  very good
4  good
3  neither good nor bad
2  poor
1  very poor
Classification:
O-QLS-cy-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Quality of life
Remarks:
M and SD calculated on range 1-3 due to availability of data in report;
85% good or very good; 9% neither good nor bad; 5%; poor or very poor
Page in publication:
9
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.80 9.01
SD:
0.52 2.58