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World Values Survey (2004): study NZ Canterbury 1998

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated Datafile European Values Survey 1999 and World Values Survey 2000. File name: WVSEVS_sb_v4.sav, 2004
Source:
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1998
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 260
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.8%,   2: 0%,   3: 0.8%,   4: 0.8%,   5: 3.8%,   6: 8.7%,   7: 11.7%,   8: 26%,   9: 19.2%,   10: 26.4%   (total 98.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.19 7.99
SD:
1.67 1.86