Study Cummins et al. (2001): study AU 2001 /1
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Australia, 2001
- Survey name
- AU-WI Survey 2
- Sample
- Probability area sample
- Respondents
- N = 2004
- Non Response
- 90%
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness measure(s)
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Thinking about your own life and personal circumstances, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1 very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5 neutral
6
7
8
9
10 very satisfied
First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used until 2005) - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-ca
- Author's label:
- Life as a whole
- Remarks:
- The values presented in the report are stretched to range 0-100
- Page in publication:
- 5
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.72 7.72
- SD:
- 1.94 1.94
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Now I am going to ask you how you FEEL, not just at the moment, but GENERALLY in your life. How happy do you generally feel? On a scale from o to 10...
0 completely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5 neutral
6
7
8
9
10 completely happy - Classification:
- M-FH-g-sq-n-11-b
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- The values presented in the report are stretched to range 0-100
- Page in publication:
- 5
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.99 7.96
- SD:
- 1.88 1.88