print

Studies

Ho (2011): study HK 2006

Publication

Author(s):
Ho, L.S.
Title:
Personal communication February 2011.
Source:

Investigation

Public
21+ aged, general public, Hong Kong, 2006
Survey name
HK-HongKong HS 2006
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 827
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, taking everything in consideration, how happy are you?
0  not happy at all
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  most happy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-b
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.69%,   2: 0.12%,   3: 0.73%,   4: 1.09%,   5: 1.45%,   6: 12.09%,   7: 11.85%,   8: 26.84%,   9: 27.81%,   10: 5.8%,   11: 9.07%   (total 98.54%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.06 7.06
SD:
1.83 1.83