VanLandeghem & Vandeplas (2017): study IN 2008
Publication
- Author(s):
- VanLandeghem, B.G.; Vandeplas, A.
- Title:
- The Relationship between Status and Happiness: Evidence from the Caste System in Rural India.
- Source:
- Working Paper, 2017, Nr IZA DP 11099, Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany
Investigation
- Public
- Households, Rural regions, India, 2008-2010
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 2000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
How happy are you?
7 very happy
6 happy
5 more or less happy
4 not happy/not unhappy
3 more or less unhappy
2 unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-7-I
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Average of Punjab (3,5) and AndraPradesh (3,9)
- Page in publication:
- 9,21
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.70 -
- SD:
- - -