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Studies

Latin American Public Opinion Project (2010): study JM 2006

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, Jamaica, 2006
Survey name
LAPOP 2006
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1579
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, how satisfied are you 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-da
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 8.11%,   2: 23.88%,   3: 52.5%,   4: 15.52%   (total 100.01%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.75 6.16
SD:
0.81 2.13