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Studies

TurkStat (2010): study TR 2004

Publication

Author(s):
TurkStat,
Title:
Results of Life Satisfaction Survey, 2009
Source:
Turkish Statistical Institute, no 27, 2010, Ankara, Turkey

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Turkey, 2004
Survey name
TR-TurkishLS2004
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 6714
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Thinking about your life as a whole, how happy would you say you are?
5  I am very happy
4  I am happy
3  so-so
2  I am unhappy
1  I am very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-f
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.6%,   2: 9.5%,   3: 29.8%,   4: 48.7%,   5: 9.3%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.53 6.07
SD:
0.88 1.88