We present a dataset including information on 4,584 households that answered our survey in four countries: Switzerland, The Netherlands, Italy and Germany.You can answer the same questions too, and see how your perform with respect to the average sample we analysed.
In the next slides, you will find questions related to different appliances you may have in your home. You can compare your answers with those of the average PENNY sample in the last slide of the section.
In the next slides, you will find a question on the type of light bulbs you have in your home. You can compare your answers with those of the average PENNY sample in the last slide of the section.
Please go through the rooms in your residence and count the number of light bulbs per type.
In the next slides, you will find two questions on the usual temperature in your living room during winter. See the results and how you compare to the average sample we analysed at the extreme right of this section.
In the next slides, you will find four questions on the importance of values in your life. See the results and how you score compared to the average sample we analysed in the last slide of this section.
You have to rate how important this value is for you as a guiding principle in your linfe. Your scores can vary from -1 up to 7: the higher the number, the more important the value.
You have to rate how important this value is for you as a guiding principle in your linfe. Your scores can vary from -1 up to 7: the higher the number, the more important the value.
You have to rate how important this value is for you as a guiding principle in your linfe. Your scores can vary from -1 up to 7: the higher the number, the more important the value.
You have to rate how important this value is for you as a guiding principle in your linfe. Your scores can vary from -1 up to 7: the higher the number, the more important the value.
In the next slides you will find questions related to behaviours you may perform in your daily lives. You can compare your answers with those of the average PENNY sample in the last slide of this section.
In the following slides we will ask some quiz-style questions related to electricity consumption and expenditures. Check how your answers compare to the average sample at the end of this section.
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In the next slides you will find questions related to investment decisions. See how your perform with respect to the average sample we analysed, or jump to the results at the extreme right of this section.
If you have 100 euros in a savings account, with an interest rate of 2% per year, after 5 years would you have more or less than 102 euros?
If the interest rate on your savings account is 1% and inflation is 2% , after 1 year would you be able to buy more or less with the money in this account?
Buying a single company’s stock usually provides a safer return than buying stocks of several companies?
Fridge A costs 400 € and consumes 300 Kwh per year. Fridge B costs 500 € and consumes 280 Kwh per year. If the average cost of energy is 0.2 € per Kwh and both models have a lifespan of 15 years, which choice of purchase minimizes the total costs of the fridge over its lifespan?
In the next slides you will find six questions on risk attitude. How much do you agree with the following statements on a 5 point scale, with 1 indicating that you totally disagree and 5 that you completely agree.