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Studies

ISSP (2003): study MX 2003

Publication

Author(s):
ISSP,
Title:
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP): Website
Source:
International Social Survey Programme

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Mexico, 2003
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1495
Non Response
17,11
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole?
7  completely happy
6  very happy
5  fairly happy
4  neither happy nor unhappy
3  fairly unhappy
2  very unhappy
1  completely unhappy
-   can't choose
-   no answer
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-7-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.33%,   2: 0.94%,   3: 1.61%,   4: 13.85%,   5: 19.67%,   6: 46.69%,   7: 15.85%   (total 98.94%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.58 8.04
SD:
1.06 2.02