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Studies

Senik (2011): study CA 2000

Publication

Author(s):
Senik, C.
Title:
The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness.
Source:
Working Paper No. 2011 - 34, Paris School of Economics, 2011, Paris, France

Investigation

Public
15+ aged general public, Canada, 2000-2006
Survey name
INT-WVS: combined waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 3439
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
9
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.41 3.41
SD:
0.59 0.59

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Language of interview Current language
Language of the interview
Language spoken at home Current language Age Current age (in years) Gender Sex: male (vs female) Living together Formally-married vs living-as-married Divorced Married (vs divorced) Seperated Married (vs separated) Widow Married (vs widowed) Income scale Household income