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Distributional findings

Study Cummins et al. (2005b): study AU 2005 /1

Public
18+ aged, general public, Australia, 2005
Survey name
AU-WI survey 14
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
74
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
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
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.75 7.75
SD:
1.64 1.64