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LLH survey (2011): study MD 2001

Publication

Author(s):
LLH survey,
Title:
Living conditions, Life style and Health
Source:
Institute for Advanced Studies IHS, Austria

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Moldova, 2001
Survey name
LLH Survey
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

How satisfied are you all things considered with your life as a whole these days?
4  definitely satisfied
3  quite satisfied
2  rather dissatisfied
1  definitely dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-c
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 17.7%,   2: 38.5%,   3: 34.3%,   4: 5.3%   (total 95.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.28 4.80
SD:
0.83 2.25
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days - would you say you are..?
4  very happy
3  pretty happy
2  not too happy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-ga
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 9.4%,   2: 28.1%,   3: 42.4%,   4: 8.3%   (total 88.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.56 5.47
SD:
0.80 2.29