Study Moller (1989): study ZA 1988

Public

Adults, general public, urban areas, South Africa, 1988

Sample

Respondents

N = 3771

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Structured personal interview

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Taking your life as a whole, are you .......?
5   very satisfied
4   quite satisfied
3   more satisfied than discontented
2   more discontented than satisfied
1   quite dissatisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-d

Author's label:

Overall life satisfaction

Remarks:

Satisfied or very satisfied: 64%
Dissatisfied or very dissatisfied: 36%

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Taking all things together in your life, how would you say things are these days?  Would you say you are ....?
5  very happy
4  happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  unhappy
1  very unhappy

Classification:

O-HL-c-sq-v-5-a

Author's label:

Global happiness

Remarks:

Very happy or happy: 70%
Unhappy or very unhappy: 30%