Nuvolati (2004): study IT 1996

Publication

Author(s):

Nuvolati, G.

Title:

Commuting and Quality of Life. The Italian Case.

Source:

Paper 6the Congress ISQOLS, 2004, Philadelphia, USA

Investigation

Public

15+ aged, general public, Italy, 1996

Sample

Probability sample (unspecified)

Respondents

N = 3561

Non Response

1,7%

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

All in all, how do you judge your quality of life?
4  very satisfactory
3  sufficiently satisfactory
2  not too satisfactory
1  unsatisfactory
-   don't know

Classification:

O-SQL-u-sq-v-4-a

Author's label:

Satisfaction with quality of life

Remarks:

% very or sufficient satisfied: 82,4

Page in publication:

7

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 1.4%,   2: 15.8%,   3: 72.9%,   4: 8.1%   (total 98.2%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.89 -

SD:

0.54 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Sex Sex: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Occupation Full-time home maker
Unemployed involuntary
Current occupation
Kind of occupation (profession)
Current status: retired or not
Involved in schooling or not
Self employed Education Level of school-education Area Region in Italy Community Community size Transport to go to work Transport mode
Modes of travel
Work related travel