Study Ganglmair Wooliscroft & Lawson (2008): study NZ 2005

Public

18+ aged, general public, New-Zealand, 2005

Sample

Probability stratified sample

Respondents

N = 3556

Non Response

63,4%

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Respondents were asked to indicate their ethnicity as being of European or Maori descent

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?
0   completely unsatisfied
1
2
3
4
5  neither unsatisfied nor satisfied
6
7
8
9
10  completely satisfied

First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used since 2005)

Classification:

O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-cb

Author's label:

Subjective Well-being

Remarks:

Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) and National Wellbeing Index (NWI) for New Zealanders of European descent. For New Zealanders of Maori descent: M=66,5, SD=22,1.

Means and standard deviations are expressed in % scale range in the report.

Page in publication:

57. 66

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

69.80 6.98

SD:

20.20 2.02