Senik (2011): study ZZ Europe 2002 /2

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 first-generation immigrants, 13 EU-nations, 2002-2009

Survey name

EU-ESS 1-4: 2002-2010

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 5094

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

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years) Male Sex: male (vs female) Log household income Household income Married Married (vs never married) Divorced Widowed (vs divorced) Widowed Never married (vs widowed) Country of settlement Current nation of residence
Country of settlement School before 10 years old in destination country Migration at young age Duration of stay Time since migration
Country of settlement Summed effects Summed further combinations with socio-demographic factors