Kataria & Regner (2009): study SE 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, Sweden, 1996-2000
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 2023
- 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: 0.5%, 2: 0.7%, 3: 2%, 4: 3.6%, 5: 6.5%, 6: 6.2%, 7: 16.4%, 8: 29.2%, 9: 17.9%, 10: 16.8% (total 99.8%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.71 7.46
- SD:
- 1.83 2.03
Correlational Findings
Tv watching