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Distributional findings

Study SASAS (2017a): study ZA 2014

Public
16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 2014
Survey name
SA-SAS 2014
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 3124
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 11.6%,   2: 19.5%,   3: 11.9%,   4: 45%,   5: 11.6%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.26 6.24
SD:
1.23 2.93
Full text:
Self report on single question:

How happy are you?
5  very happy
4  happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  unhappy
1  very unhappy
-  don't know
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-d
Author's label:
Happiness
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 10.1%,   2: 11%,   3: 14.3%,   4: 43.5%,   5: 18.1%   (total 97%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.50 5.97
SD:
1.21 2.65