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Studies

Muffels et al. (2012): study ZZ Europe 2008

Publication

Author(s):
Muffels, R.; Dingemans, E.; Skugar, D.
Title:
Money Does not Buy much Happiness, but what have Income Inequality, Modernization and Personal values got to do with It?
Source:
Tilburg University REFLECT Research Paper, 2012, No.1, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Investigation

Public
18+ aged general public, 47 countries, 2008
Survey name
EU-EVS
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 67216
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:
Subjective wellebing (SWB)
Page in publication:
7, 26
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.97 6.63
SD:
2.32 2.58

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Log Household Income Household income
Personal income in nation
Income Inequality (GINI) Income inequality in nation Social Value Index Score Social values Modernization Values Index Score Modern value pattern Log GDP/capita GDP per capita in nation (raw) Log Relative Household Income Relative to income of compatriots Low Income level Household income
`objective` poverty
Subjective poverty
Relative to income of compatriots
Opinion altruism (0-1) Trust in people Index Importance family and children Attitudes to family of procreation
Concern about family
Social values
Index Trust in people/institutions Current trust Index Importance friends Attitudes to friendship Post- materialism Post-materialist values Index leisure values Concern about leisure
Leisure values
Index of intrinsic work orientation Reasons for working
Intrinsic motivation
Extrinsic motivation
Index of extrinsic work orientations Reasons for working Work values Work values
Current motivation to work
Index religious values Concern about religion
Religiosity (degree)
Index traditional gender values Attitudes to parenting
Attitudes to family of procreation
Gender-role attitudes
Modern value pattern
Egalitarian values
Gender attitudes
Education Level of school-education Marital status: partnered Married (vs never married)
Married (vs widowed)
Married (vs divorced)
Married (vs separated)
Number of children Number of children Death of a child event Death of children Religion Current religious denomination Church Attendence Participation in church Social Participation Membership of voluntary organizations Human Development (HDI) Modernity of nation Explained variance Summed effects of environmental + individual characteristics (macro + micro)X