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World Values Survey (2000): study GB 1981

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated data file waves 1+2+3
Source:
www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 1981
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1499
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Page in publication:
v10
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.2%,   2: 4.3%,   3: 56.3%,   4: 38.8%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.34 7.85
SD:
0.57 1.38
Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.6%,   2: 0.3%,   3: 2.2%,   4: 4.1%,   5: 7.5%,   6: 8.6%,   7: 13.9%,   8: 27.3%,   9: 15.7%,   10: 18.6%   (total 98.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.65 7.39
SD:
1.90 2.11