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Studies

Kataria & Regner (2009): study ME 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+ aged, general public, Montenegro, 1996 - 2001
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1300
Non Response
14,8%
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5.7%,   2: 3.7%,   3: 9.9%,   4: 8.1%,   5: 15%,   6: 12.9%,   7: 18.2%,   8: 12.5%,   9: 5%,   10: 5.5%   (total 96.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.75 5.28
SD:
2.35 2.61

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding TV watching