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Mayol & Pénard (2017): study FR 2013

Publication

Author(s):
Mayol, A.; Pénard, T.
Title:
Facebook Use and Individual Well-Being: Like Me to Make Me Happier!
Source:
Revue d'Economie Industriel, 2017, Vol. 158, 101-127

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, Facebook users, France, 2013
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive-quota sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

I am satisfied with my life.
1  strongly disagree
2  disagree
3  slightly disagree
4  neither agree, nor disagree
5  slightly agree
6  agree
7  strongly agree

Item in Diener's Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)
Classification:
O-SLu-u-sq-v-7-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
109-110
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4.3%,   2: 7.3%,   3: 10.1%,   4: 18.4%,   5: 19.8%,   6: 33.6%,   7: 5.9%   (total 99.4%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.68 6.13
SD:
1.55 2.59

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sex: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Social status Occupational level Household size Number of persons in household Income Sufficiency of current income Volunteer Voluntary work Offline sociability Visits to friends Cultural outings Culture
Cultural consumption