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Studies

World Values Survey (2000): study CA 1982

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Canada, 1982
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1500
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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: 1.7%,   4: 1.6%,   5: 6%,   6: 7.9%,   7: 14.8%,   8: 30.9%,   9: 16.8%,   10: 19%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.85 7.61
SD:
1.73 1.93