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Studies

Kataria & Regner (2009): study ZW 2001

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, Zimbabwe, 2001
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 1002
Non Response
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: 29.5%,   2: 11%,   3: 8.4%,   4: 7.8%,   5: 17.9%,   6: 7.3%,   7: 5.3%,   8: 4.9%,   9: 2.1%,   10: 5.7%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.94 3.26
SD:
2.74 3.04

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding TV watching Use of TV
Tv watching