Huang & Humphreys (2010): study US 2005 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Huang, H.; Humphreys, B.R.
- Title:
- Sports Participation and Happiness: Evidence from U.S. Micro Data.
- Source:
- Working Paper 2010-9, University of Alberta, Department of Economics, 2010, Canada
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, United States of America, 2005 - 2009
- Survey name
- US-BRFSS 2005-09
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 1589266
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
In general, how satisfied are you with your life?
1 very dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
3 satisfied
4 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-v-4-e
- Author's label:
- life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 4
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1%, 2: 4.4%, 3: 49.5%, 4: 45.1% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.39 8.55
- SD:
- 0.62 1.46