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Zagorski (2011): study PL 2002

Publication

Author(s):
Zagorski, K.
Title:
Income and Happiness in Time of Post-Communist Modernization.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2011, Vol. 104, 333 - 349

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Poland, 2002
Survey name
PL-CBOS
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Are you generally satisfied with your life as a whole?
1  very dissatisfied
2  rather dissatisfied
3  somewhat satisfied
4  rather satisfied
5  very satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-g-sq-v-5-b
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
339
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.5%,   2: 5.4%,   3: 27.4%,   4: 56%,   5: 10.7%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.71 6.80
SD:
0.75 1.18