Kataria & Regner (2009): study MD 1996
Publication
- Author(s):
- Kataria, M.; Regner, T.
- Title:
- A Note on the Relationship between Television Viewing and individual Happiness.
- Source:
- Jena Economic Research Papers 2009-098, 2009, Jena Germany
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ general public, Moldova, 1996-2004
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 1992
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 20.7%, 2: 7.6%, 3: 12.1%, 4: 13.3%, 5: 19.1%, 6: 9.8%, 7: 6.4%, 8: 5%, 9: 2.3%, 10: 2.4% (total 98.7%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.15 3.50
- SD:
- 2.40 2.66
Correlational Findings
Tv watching