Levinson (2011): study US 1984

Publication

Author(s):

Levinson, A.

Title:

Valuing Air Quality Using Happiness Data: The Case of Air Quality

Source:

Journal of Public Economics, 96, 869-880

Investigation

Public

15+ aged, general public, United States, 1984-1996

Survey name

US-GSS

Sample

Probability simple random sample

Respondents

N = 6035

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: telephone (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Taking all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are .....?
3   very happy
2   pretty happy
1   not too happy

Classification:

O-HL-c-sq-v-3-a

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.17 -

SD:

0.63 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Air pollution Environmental quality Income Current income level (unspecified) Age Current age (in years) Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Married Married state (compared to non-married states) Kids Ever had children (vs not) Employed status Current employment status
Unfit for work College graduare Level of school-education Health status Self-perceived health Rain Climate Tempertaure mean Climate