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Studies

Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study CR 1990

Publication

Author(s):
Latin American Public Opinion Project,
Title:
The Americas Barometer
Source:
Latin American Public Opinion Project, VanderBilt University Detroit, USA

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Costa Rica, 1990
Survey name
LAPOP 1990
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 597
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

In general, to what extend are you satisfied with your life? Would you say you are..
4  very satisfied
3  somewhat satisfied
2  somewhat dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-g-sq-v-4-dc
Remarks:
This question was included into a section of the survey related to "Satisfaction with the life", which had three items (house, income and life itself).
Survey called "Encuesta de opinión".
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.34%,   2: 2.51%,   3: 19.1%,   4: 78.06%   (total 100.01%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.75 8.68
SD:
0.51 1.27