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Studies

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:
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

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Sports facilities