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Studies

Stutzer (2004): study CH 1992

Publication

Author(s):
Stutzer, A.
Title:
The Role of Income Aspirations in Individual Happiness.
Source:
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, Vol. 54, 89 - 109

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Switzerland, 1992-94
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 4462
Non Response
n.a.
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
1  completely dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-I
Author's label:
Satisfaction with life
Page in publication:
27
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.24 8.04
SD:
1.69 1.88

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Household income