| Publication | |
| Author(s) | ~Gallup & Kettering, |
| Title | Human Needs and Satisfactions: A Global Survey. Table Books: Africa: Vol.1 & Vol. 2. |
| Source | Charles F. Kettering Foundation and Gallup International Research Institutes, 1976, USA |
| URL | HTTP://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_bib/freetexts/~Gallup_Kettering_1976i.pdf |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 15+ aged, general public, sub Sahara African countries, 1976 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
| The participating survey organizations first drew a sample of the sampling points included in their national master samples. Five to ten interviews were then allocated to each of the selected sampling points. In those few countries where in-place national samples were unavailable, the research organization concerned was asked to draw a national sample using established sampling procedures and the best available census data. | |
| Respondents N = | 914 |
| Non Response | n.a. |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: "To indicate how you feel about your life at this time, would you use this card? Suppose the top of the mountain represents the best life you can imagine, and the bottom step of the mountain represents the worst possible life you can imagine. On which step of the mountain would you say you personally feel you stand at this time? - assuming that the higher the step the better you feel about your life, and the lower the step the worse you feel about it. Just point to the step that comes closest to how you feel" 10 best possible life 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 worst possible life (Mountain scale not reproduced here) |
| Classification | C-BW-c-sq-m-11-a |
| Author's label | Striving scale position - Today |
| Page in publication | nn |
| DKNA % | 0.4 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 4.62 | 4.62 |
| Standard deviation | 2.06 | 2.06 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 2.7 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 12.4 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Generally speaking, how happy would you say you are.....? 3 very happy 2 fairly happy 1 not too happy |
| Classification | O-HL-g-sq-v-3-d |
| Author's label | Personal Happiness |
| Page in publication | nn |
| DKNA % | 0.8 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 3 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 1.87 | 6.27 |
| Standard deviation | 0.69 | 1.79 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| % | 31.0 | 49.8 | 18.5 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: "Now taking everything about your life into account, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life today?" 10 satisfied 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 dissatisfied |
| Classification | O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a |
| Author's label | Satisfaction levels-personal life |
| DKNA % | 0.4 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 4.91 | 4.91 |
| Standard deviation | 2.12 | 2.12 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 1.3 | 2.8 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 12.5 | 7.2 | 3.5 | 0.8 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Age | A04ab | Current age (in years) |
| Age at end of formal education | E01ab02 | Level of school-education |
| Economic class | S09ab01 | 'Objective' socio-economic status |
| Household Income | I01ab03 | Household income |
| Occupation | S09ab01 | 'Objective' socio-economic status |
| Occupation | O01ab | Current occupation, also classified as above ↑ |
| Occupation | E02ab01 | Full-time home maker, also classified as above ↑ |
| Race | E04ab05 | Ethnic status in regions |
| Religion | R10ac | Current religious denomination |
| Sex | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Social Class | S09ab01 | 'Objective' socio-economic status |