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Data from CREP Replication of Does Money Buy Happiness, Diener et al. (2010) Cover

Data from CREP Replication of Does Money Buy Happiness, Diener et al. (2010)

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|Jun 2026

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Table 1

Replication Study Sites and sample sizes.

STUDY SITESDATE COLLECTEDSURVEY MODALITYN
(1) Replication of Diener et al. (2010) at University of Toronto, tut5401, W19 (Tian et al., 2024)Apr. 2019Online57
(2) Wealth and Happiness: Replication of Diener, E., Ng, W., Harter, J., & Arora, R. (2010) at University of Vienna (Müller et al., 2021)Oct. 2020Online163
(3) Replication of Diener, Ng, Harter, & Arora (2010) at IIT Spring 2018 (Pys, P. M et al., 2021)Jan. 2018Online213
(4) Wealth and Happiness: Replication of Diener, et al. at IIT 2019 (Legate et al., 2022)Mar. 2019Online183
(5) Replication of Diener et al. (2010) at Marian University (Reed et al., 2020)Jan. 2020Online127
(6) Replication of Diener et al. (2010) at Education University of Hong Kong (Wong et al., 2019)Dec. 2019Phone200
(7) (Pierce County) Replication of Diener E., Ng W., Harter J., & Arora R. (2010). for Collaborative Replications and Education Project (Hatton et al., 2019)Jan. 2014Phone100
(8) CREP Diener Replication Project. Tutorial Section TUT5401. W19 (Merkley et al., 2019)Apr. 2019Online29
(9) Replication of Diener, et al. (2010). at Pacific Lutheran University (Grahe et al., 2020)Apr. 2019Online99
Total N1171

[i] Note. The table includes information about all replication sites, survey modality and sample size. An OSF link is included for each specific page.

Table 2

Demographics of total study sites.

CHARACTERISTICSCATEGORYFREQUENCYPERCENTAGE
GenderMan61752.7
Woman51243.7
Nonbinary40.3
No response383.2
Marital StatusDivorced/Separated20.17
Domestic Partnership14412.3
Married231.9
Single43136.8
NA47240.3
Residential AreaRural342.9
Suburban17214.6
Urban/City48541.4
Village201.7
NA46039.3
EducationGraduate413.5
Full Tertiary20817.8
Some Tertiary46139.4
Secondary16313.9
Primary or less312.6
NA25922.1
Other80.68

[i] Note. The table includes information about all replication sites, gender, marital status, residential area, and education.

Table 3

Descriptive statistics for total income and income per study site.

STUDY SITENINCOME REPORTED n(%)MEDIAN INCOME (USD)IQR
Total1171958 (81.8%)40,00013,000–85,750
Site 15757 (100%)3,6500–43,800
Site 2163139 (85.3%)16,35010,900–38,150
Site 3213150 (70.4%)70,00033,000–108,750
Site 4183137 (74.9%)75,00045,000–160,000
Site 512779 (62.2%)50,00019,150–100,000
Site 6200193 (96.5%)23,4000–52,000
Site 710097 (97%)36,00065–60,000
Site 82929 (100%)17,5206,570–138,700
Site 99977 (77.8%)80,00040,000–125,000

[i] Note. Table 3 includes income data from the combined study sites and each individual site. The total N is reported for each site, as well as the total income reported n (%), median income (USD) and interquartile range (IQR).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.156 | Journal eISSN: 2050-9863
Language: English
Page range: 2 - 2
Submitted on: Oct 1, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 5, 2026
Published on: Jun 15, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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