Study Shields & Wooden (2003): study AU 2001

Public

15+ aged, general public, Australia, 2001

Survey name

AU-HILDA 2001

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 13969

Non Response

0

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?
Again, pick a number between 0 and 10 to indicate how satisfied you are.
0  totally dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 totally satisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-d

Page in publication:

31

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0.3%,   2: 0.2%,   3: 0.6%,   4: 0.9%,   5: 1.4%,   6: 5.3%,   7: 6.1%,   8: 17.6%,   9: 29.6%,   10: 19%,   11: 19.1%   (total 100.1%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.94 7.94

SD:

1.67 1.67