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Studies

Mcdool et al. (2016): study GB 2010

Publication

Author(s):
Mcdool, E.; Powell, P.; Roberts, J.
Title:
Social Media Use and Children’s Wellbeing.
Source:
IZA Discussion Paper, 2016, No. 10412, 1 - 44

Investigation

Public
10-15 aged, United Kingdom, 2010-2014
Survey name
UK-Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS)
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 3971
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Self completion questionnaire for children used next to telephone interview with adults

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

.. Happiness with life .. (full lead question not reported
1 not happy at all
2
3
4
5
6
7  completely happy

Preceded by questions on satisfaction with domains of life
Classification:
O-HL-?-sq-?-7-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
9
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.89 8.15
SD:
1.09 1.82

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Netchat