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Studies

Labucay (2005): study PH South-Luzon 2004

Publication

Author(s):
Labucay, Irene D.
Title:
Happiness in the Philippines Ranks only Slightly above Average in the World Values Survey.
Source:
Press release Social Weather Stations, March 14th 2005, Philippines

Investigation

Public
18+ aged general public, South Luzon, Philippines, 2004
Survey name
PH-SWS 2004
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
0
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: 2%,   2: 19%,   3: 51%,   4: 28%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.05 7.00
SD:
0.74 2.07