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Studies

Inglehart et al. (2008): study ZZ 1981

Publication

Author(s):
Inglehart, R.; Foa, R.; Peterson, C.
Title:
Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness.
Source:
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2008, Vol. 3, 264 - 285

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, 52 nations, 1981-2007
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 72000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
267, 282-284
Full text:
Self report on single question:

On the whole, how happy would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-b
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
Scores reversed (in original 1 = very happy)
Actual range: 1,40 (Moldova 1996) to 2,58  (Nigeria 2000)
Page in publication:
267,282-284
Full text:
Self report on two questions:

A Taking all together, how happy would you say you are?
    4  very happy
    3  quite happy
    2  not very happy
    1 not at all happy
B  All things considered, how satisfied are you with your
    life as-a-whole now?
    10  satisfied
    9
    8
    7
    6
    5
    4
    3
    2
    1  dissatisfied

Computation: (Ax2,5) +B -10

Name: Inglehart's combined score
Classification:
O-Sum-*-mq-nvt-21-c
Page in publication:
267, 282-284

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Change average happiness