Kataria & Regner (2009): study ZZ 1995

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, 38 nations, 1995-2001

Survey name

INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 42545

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

Page in publication:

54

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Income Relative income Health Self-perceived health Freedom Amount of restrictions perceived Unemployed Unemployed Married Married (vs all unmarried) Education Time spend studying Age Current age (in years) Male Sex: male (vs female) Religion important Concern about religion Trust Trust in people Honesty Honest
Cheating on taxes Time spent with: family Socializing
Time spend with family Time spend with: friends Current contacts with friends
Socializing Time spend with colleagues Working
Time spend on work Time spnd with: church Meditating, praying Time spend with: sports Sporting
Involvement in sports
Time spend sporting Voluntary organization: membership Membership of voluntary organizations
Current memberships Voluntary orgnization: activity Voluntary work
Voluntary work, helping people TV watching Tv watching, radio listening
Tv watching R2 Summed socio-demographic + health + personality + life style