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Studies

Singh et al. (2014): study IN 2014

Publication

Author(s):
Singh, K.; Junnarkar, M.; Ruch, W.
Title:
Effects of the demographic Variables and psychometric Properties of the personal Well-being Index for School Children in India.
Source:
Child Indicators Research, 2015, Vol. 3, 571 - 585

Investigation

Public
8-13 aged,school children, India, 2014
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 1301
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Thinking about your own life and personal circumstances, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
0   completely unsatisfied
1
2
3
4
5  neither unsatisfied nor satisfied
6
7
8
9
10  completely satisfied

First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used since 2005)
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-cb
Author's label:
Happiness with life as whole
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.95 7.95
SD:
2.02 2.02

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Standard of living