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Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 1997

Publication

Author(s):
Czapinski, J.; Panek, T.
Title:
Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Source:
The Council for Social Monitoring, 2007, Poland

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Poland, 1997
Survey name
PL-Social Diagnosis1997
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2094
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole.....?
7  delighted
6  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale'  (original version)
Classification:
O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.3%,   2: 1.5%,   3: 9%,   4: 27.6%,   5: 35.8%,   6: 24.3%,   7: 1.5%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.76 6.27
SD:
1.03 1.72
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all together, how would you say things are these days?   Would you say that you are....?
3  very happy
2  pretty happy
1  not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 27.2%,   2: 66.5%,   3: 6.3%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.79 6.16
SD:
0.54 1.40