1. - Jeff Frank M.S. Candidate Community Development and Applied Economics University of Vermont The Metrics of Happiness: Assessing Subjective Well-Being using Anchoring Vignette Surveys

8. Finding Variable Elasticities % Chg Q % Chg P = % Chg Happiness = (High-Low)/ Low % Chg Variable = 100% Def Elasticity: The measure of the percentage change in one variable brought about by a 1% change in another variable. 0____________|____________________|__________________100 ||||||||||1|||||||||2||||||||||3||||||||||4||||||||||5|||||||||||6|||||||||||7||||||||||8||||||||||9|||||||||| Low Family =25, High Family =65 %Chg F = 1.6 E(H,F) = 1.6 / 1 = 1.6 Means that a 1% increase in Family will result in a 1.6% increase in overall happiness.