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Lara (2018): study MX 2014

Publication

Author(s):
Lara, J.
Title:
Subjective Well-Being among Communities Left Behind by International Migrants
Source:
MPRA Working Paper, 2018, No. 87051, 1 - 32

Investigation

Public
Intimates left behind after migration, Mexico, 2014
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive-quota sample
Respondents
N = 39274
Non Response
71
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
With a printed questionnaire

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single item

I am a happy person
1. strongly disagree
2. disagree
3. slightly disagree
4. neither disagree, nor agree
5. slightly agree
6. agree
7. strongly agree
Classification:
O-HP-u-sq-v-7-a
Author's label:
Happy person
Page in publication:
27
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.13 -
SD:
- -
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied."
10 totally satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0  totally unsatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d
Author's label:
Satisfaction Current Life
Page in publication:
27
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.94 7.94
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Migratory intensity Emigration out of region