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Distributional findings

Study Leisure Development Cen (1980): study BR 1979

Public
Adult, general public, metropolitan areas Brazil, 1979
Sample
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How happy do you feel as you live now? Please choose one item on this card that comes closest to your feeling.
5  very happy
4  fairly happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  fairly unhappy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-e
Author's label:
Feeling happy
Page in publication:
94
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.9%,   2: 1.3%,   3: 20.8%,   4: 36%,   5: 39.7%   (total 98.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.14 7.24
SD:
0.85 1.86
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, how satisfied are you with your present life.......?
Please choose from this card that is closest to your feeling.
5  very satisfied
4  fairly satisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  fairly dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Satisfaction with life
Page in publication:
96
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.6%,   2: 4.9%,   3: 17.7%,   4: 37.7%,   5: 35.7%   (total 97.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.03 7.04
SD:
0.95 1.95