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Distributional findings

Study Easterlin (1974): study MY 1965

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Malaysia, 1965
Survey name
INT-GallupWorldSurvey 3
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 502
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, how happy would you say you are.....?
3  very happy
2  fairly happy
1  not very happy
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-3-f
Page in publication:
107
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 15%,   2: 64%,   3: 17%   (total 96%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.02 6.56
SD:
0.58 1.62