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Distributional findings

Study Leisure Development Cen (1980): study IN 1979

Public
18+ aged, general public, India, 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: 1.5%,   2: 8.2%,   3: 25.3%,   4: 51.3%,   5: 13.7%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.67 6.19
SD:
0.86 1.67
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: 1.4%,   2: 9.3%,   3: 21.8%,   4: 55.6%,   5: 11.8%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.67 6.17
SD:
0.85 1.57