Study SASAS (2017a): study ZA 2005 /1
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 2005
- Survey name
- SA-SAS 2005_1
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 2850
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness measure(s)
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
5 very satisfied
4 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 not satisfied
1 not satisfied at all - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-fd
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- In the 1st wave the happiness and l.s. questions are at the beginning of the questionnaire, in the 2nd wave they are at the end of the questionnaire. This could explain the difference in means.
- Error estimates:
- S.e.= .022
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 12.1%, 2: 24.8%, 3: 17.2%, 4: 37.6%, 5: 7.2% (total 98.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.03 5.66
- SD:
- 1.19 2.89