Description & Citation--Study No. 27901
Bibliographic Description |
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Study No.: |
27901 |
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Title: |
Assessing Happiness and Competitiveness of World Major Metropolises, 2006 |
Principal Investigator(s): |
Lee, Nam Young, Korean Social Science Data Center |
Funding: |
Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul Welfare Foundation |
Bibliographic Citation: |
Lee, Nam Young. Assessing Happiness and Competitiveness of World Major Metropolises, 2006. ICPSR27901-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-08-04. doi:10.3886/ICPSR27901.v1 |
Scope of Study |
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Summary: |
This study aimed to empirically examine happiness and community/city conditions assessed by residents living in ten major cities of the world: Beijing, Berlin, London, Milan, New York City, Paris, Seoul, Stockholm, Tokyo, and Toronto. Respondents were asked questions about themselves and their city of residence. Questions focused on a range of topics including the economy, culture and education, welfare, safety, environment, living conditions, city administration, community life, health, and happiness. Demographic questions included city of residence, gender, age, education level, income level, occupation, marital status, and religion. |
Subject Terms: |
community participation, cost of living, cultural attitudes, education, environmental attitudes, government performance, happiness, health care, identity, job opportunities, living conditions, local government, neighborhood condition, welfare services |
Smallest Geographic Unit: |
city |
Geographic Coverage: |
Beijing, Berlin, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Global, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, London, Milan, New York City, Paris, Seoul, South Korea, Stockholm, Sweden, Tokyo, Toronto, United States |
Time Period: |
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Date of Collection: |
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Unit of Observation: |
individual |
Universe: |
Persons aged 18 and over living in Seoul, London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, New York City, Toronto, Tokyo, Beijing, and Stockholm. |
Data Types: |
survey data |
Data Collection Notes: |
In order to conform to SPSS variable naming conventions, original variable names containing periods have been renamed; periods in these variable names have been substituted with underscores "_". |
Methodology |
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Sample: |
Representative random sampling. Gender/age distribution of the completed samples should be largely in line with overall population of the surveyed city. |
Mode of Data Collection: |
computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) |
Extent of Processing: |
All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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Access and Availability |
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Note: |
Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
Original ICPSR Release: |
2011-08-04 |
