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Studies

Graham & Felton (2005a): study BO 2002

Publication

Author(s):
Graham, C.; Felton, A.
Title:
Life Satisfaction in Latin America.
Source:
Mimeo, The Brookings Institution, February 2005, Washington DC, USA

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Bolivia, 2002
Survey name
Latinobarometro 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1242
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, would you say you are..
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-4-f
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 9.2%,   2: 50.5%,   3: 26%,   4: 14.1%   (total 99.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.45 4.53
SD:
0.85 2.48