Study Pusey (1998): study AU 1995

Public

Adults, age range not reported, general public, Australia, 1995

Survey name

AU-National Social Sciences

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 2279

Non Response

0

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

"How satisfied do you feel about your life as a whole...?"
8  delighted
7  very pleased
6  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed feelings
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Classification:

O-DT-u-sq-v-8-b

Page in publication:

table 1

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0.2%,   2: 1.1%,   3: 2.5%,   4: 12.9%,   5: 26.4%,   6: 25%,   7: 22.4%,   8: 8.7%   (total 99.2%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 8 On range 0-10

Mean:

5.74 6.78

SD:

1.32 1.89