Study Bonikowska et al. (2013): study CA 2009

Public

15+ aged, general public, Canada, 2009

Survey name

CN-GSS

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 19422

Non Response

38%

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self rating on single question:

Please rate your feelings about .. Using this 1 to 10 scale
.. Your life as a whole right now
1  very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  very satisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-j

Author's label:

Happiness

Page in publication:

10-13

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0.6%,   2: 0.3%,   3: 0.6%,   4: 1%,   5: 4.3%,   6: 3.5%,   7: 12.6%,   8: 29.8%,   9: 17.7%,   10: 29.7%   (total 100.1%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

8.32 8.13

SD:

1.61 1.79