Entry:

Hagerty, Michael R., “Social Comparison of Income in One’s Community: Evidence From National Surveys of Income and Happiness,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78 (April, 2000), 764-771.


Abstract:

People are able to raise their relative levels of happiness by making social comparisons with their peers of similar incomes and adjusting behaviors and resources accordingly.

GSS Years:

1994

Other Data Sets:

Diener, Diener & Diener 1995; Census; CPS

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
FUTRUP

Variable Label could not be found

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

HAPPY

GENERAL HAPPINESS