Study Moller (2006a): study ZA 1983

Public

16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 1983

Survey name

SA-QOL 1988

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 5587

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Taken all things together, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days? On the whole, would you say you are.....?
5  very satisfied
4  satisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-g

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 10.4%,   2: 17.7%,   3: 3.2%,   4: 51%,   5: 16.6%   (total 98.9%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.46 6.81

SD:

1.25 2.84