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Studies

Rivera et al. (2015): study AW 2010

Publication

Author(s):
Rivera, M.; Croes, R.; Lee, S.H.
Title:
Tourism Development and Happiness: A Residents ’ Perspective.
Source:
Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. 2015, 1 -12

Investigation

Public
18+ aged general public, Aruba, 2010
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive-quota sample
Respondents
N = 1200
Non Response
23,9%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Assumed by WDH team.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general I consider myself as
1  a very unhappy person
2
3
4
5
6
7  a very happy person

Item in Lyubomirsky & Lepper's 'Subjective Happiness Scale' (SHS)
Classification:
O-HP-g-sq-n-7-a
Author's label:
Subjective Happiness
Page in publication:
6
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.02 5.03
SD:
1.00 1.67