Sulemana (2014): study ZZ South Sahara Africa 2008

Publication

Author(s):

Sulemana, I.

Title:

The Effect of Fear of Crime and Crime Victimization on Subjective Well- Being in Africa.

Source:

Social Indicators Research, 2015, Volume 121, 849 - 872

Investigation

Public

Adult general public, 20 sub-saharan African countries, 2008

Survey name

INT-Afrobarometer survey 4 (2008)

Sample

Probability stratified sample

Respondents

N = 27713

Non Response

35%

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question

In general, how would you describe: Your own present living conditions?
1  very bad
2  fairly bad
3  neither good nor bad
4  fairly good
5  very good

Classification:

O-QLS-c-sq-v-5-d

Author's label:

subjective well-being

Page in publication:

Table 1

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 20.6%,   2: 27.67%,   3: 22.27%,   4: 24.52%,   5: 4.52%   (total 99.58%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.64 -

SD:

1.19 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Sexe Sex: male (vs female) Fear of crime Victim of crime
Victimization of intimates Victim of theft Victim of crime Victim of physical attack Victim of crime Age (years) Current age (in years) Secondary/Post-secondary education Level of school-education University Level of school-education Unemployed Unemployed involuntary