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Distributional findings

Study Rule (2007): study ZA 2004

Public
Adults, general public, South Africa, 2004
Survey name
SA-SAS 2003
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2799
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
Author's label:
how satisfied are you about your life
Page in publication:
425
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 15.4%,   2: 26.4%,   3: 16.9%,   4: 36.2%,   5: 5.1%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.89 5.44
SD:
1.20 2.83