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Distributional findings

Study Moller (2006a): study ZA 1999

Public
16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 1999
Survey name
SA-QOL 1999
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2200
Non Response
0
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: 18.4%,   2: 25.5%,   3: 2.4%,   4: 36.9%,   5: 16.1%   (total 99.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.07 5.85
SD:
1.42 3.16
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all together, would you say you are:
5  very happy
4  fairly happy
3  neither happy not unhappy
2  fairly unhappy
1 very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-g
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 17.7%,   2: 16.7%,   3: 3.4%,   4: 43%,   5: 17.4%   (total 98.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.26 5.36
SD:
1.40 2.84