Kataria & Regner (2009): study ZA 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
- 17+ general public, South Africa, 1996-2001
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 5935
- 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: 9.2%, 2: 5.8%, 3: 8.5%, 4: 9.5%, 5: 17.6%, 6: 8.7%, 7: 10.7%, 8: 11.2%, 9: 5.7%, 10: 12.8% (total 99.7%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.70 5.22
- SD:
- 2.76 3.06
Correlational Findings
Tv watching