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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 Regional language
Language spoken at home
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