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Studies

Sarracino (2008): study ZZ World samples 1990

Publication

Author(s):
Sarracino, F.
Title:
Subjective Well-Being in Low Income Countries: Positional, Relational and Social Capital Components.
Source:
Studi e Note di Economica, vol. 5, nr 3, pp 449-477

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, 39 nations, 1990-2001
Survey name
INT-WVS: combined waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 267870
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
460, 462
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.01 -
SD:
0.74 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Education Level of school-education
Literacy
Employment Current employment status Marital Status Married (vs never married)
Married (vs divorced)
Married (vs separated)
Widowed
Income Current income level (unspecified) Health Current general health status Social Class Subjective social rank Relative Income Relative income Social Contacts Contacts with relatives
Current contacts with friends
Current personal contacts
Voluntary Membership of voluntary organizations Freedom of Choice Amount of restrictions perceived
Inner locus of control
Trust Trusting
Trust in people
Honesty Honest
Acceptance cheating on taxes