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Studies

Panas (2013): study GR 2009

Publication

Author(s):
Panas, E.E.
Title:
Homeorhesis and Indication of Association Between Different Types of Capital on Life Satisfaction: The Case of Greeks Under Crisis.
Source:
Social lndicators Research, 2013, Vol. 110, 171 - 186

Investigation

Public
18+ aged general public Greece, 2009
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1216
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Thinking about your own life and personal circumstances, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1   very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5  neutral
6
7
8
9
10  very satisfied

First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used until 2005)
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-ca
Author's label:
Satisfaction with life as a whole
Page in publication:
178
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.92 5.92
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Percieved sources of own happiness Perceived sources of one's own happiness Built Capital Attitudes to one's possessions Human Capital Attitude to own competences Friends and family social capital Attitudes to one's possessions NEC social capital Attitude to vicinity Natural Capital Attitudes to local geographical conditions