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Studies

Senik (2011): study ZZ Europe 2002 /1

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, 13 EU nations, 2002-2009
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-4: 2002-2010
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 65371
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:
7.61 7.61
SD:
1.69 1.69

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding GDP growth per year