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Studies

Inglehart et al. (2008): study ES 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Inglehart, R.; Foa, R.; Peterson, C.
Title:
Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness.
Source:
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2008, Vol. 3, 264 - 285

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Spain, 2007
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1195
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.2%,   2: 6.3%,   3: 78.4%,   4: 13.6%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.05 7.19
SD:
0.50 1.36
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:
v22
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.3%,   2: 0.2%,   3: 1.4%,   4: 2%,   5: 7%,   6: 13.7%,   7: 26.9%,   8: 28.2%,   9: 14.2%,   10: 5.8%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.32 7.02
SD:
1.50 1.67