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Distributional findings

Study ISSP (2003): study ZA 2007

Public
16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 2007
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2007
Sample
Probability systematic sample
Respondents
N = 2895
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f
Author's label:
Happiness
Error estimates:
S.e.=0.015
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5.2%,   2: 14.9%,   3: 48.6%,   4: 30.9%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.06 6.66
SD:
0.82 2.27