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Ho (2011): study HK 2010

Publication

Author(s):
Ho, L.S.
Title:
Personal communication February 2011.
Source:

Investigation

Public
21+ aged, general public, Hong Kong, 2010
Survey name
HK-HongKong HS 2010
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 834
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, taking everything in consideration, how happy are you?
0  not happy at all
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2
3
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5
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7
8
9
10  most happy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-b
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.08%,   2: 0.72%,   3: 0.6%,   4: 1.92%,   5: 2.05%,   6: 13.6%,   7: 11.79%,   8: 25.63%,   9: 25.75%,   10: 7.82%,   11: 9.02%   (total 99.99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.01 7.01
SD:
1.86 1.86
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all together, I am satisfied with my life
0  disagree
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 agree
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-j
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.6%,   2: 0.4%,   3: 0.8%,   4: 4.1%,   5: 3.4%,   6: 15.8%,   7: 10.6%,   8: 18.2%,   9: 24.3%,   10: 7.1%,   11: 13.8%   (total 100.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.94 6.94
SD:
2.14 2.14