Kataria & Regner (2009): study VE 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, Venezuela, 1996-2000
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 2400
- 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: 7%, 2: 2.3%, 3: 4%, 4: 4.2%, 5: 10%, 6: 9%, 7: 9%, 8: 14.2%, 9: 11.6%, 10: 28.4% (total 99.7%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.12 6.79
- SD:
- 2.79 3.10
Correlational Findings
Tv watching