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World Values Survey (2000): study GB 1990

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated data file waves 1+2+3
Source:
www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 1990
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 2
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1484
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Page in publication:
v10
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.6%,   2: 7%,   3: 53.2%,   4: 37.7%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.28 7.65
SD:
0.66 1.72
Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Page in publication:
v65
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.8%,   2: 0.9%,   3: 2.4%,   4: 2.9%,   5: 8.7%,   6: 9.7%,   7: 18.7%,   8: 25%,   9: 13.5%,   10: 16.6%   (total 99.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.47 7.19
SD:
1.92 2.14