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Distributional findings

Study Steel & Ones (2002): study ZZ 1972

Public
Adult general public, 39 nations, 1972-1998
Sample
Mixed samples
Respondents
N = 40000
Non Response
not reported
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
And questionnaires.

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on multiple questions:

Equivalent questionnaires about experienced positive and negative affect, such as Bradburn's ABS and Watson's PANAS. The number and wording of the questions varies somewhat across studies and languages.

Scores are transformed linearly to range 0-10
Classification:
A-AB-*-mq-nt-11-a
Author's label:
Affect
Page in publication:
775
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.29 6.29
SD:
0.61 0.61
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Equivalent questions on life-satisfaction rated on various scales.  The items differ slightly in wording and number of the response options.

Scores are transformed to a common range 0 - 10 by means of expert weighting of response options (Thurstone's method).
Classification:
O-SLV-*-sq-nt-11-a
Author's label:
Satisfaction
Page in publication:
775
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.36 6.36
SD:
0.62 0.62
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Equivalent questions on happiness rated on various scales.  The items differ slightly in wording and number of the response options.

Scores are transformed to a common range 0 - 10 by means of expert weighting of response options (Thurstone's method).
Classification:
O-HL-*-sq-nt-11-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
773-774
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.71 6.71
SD:
0.58 0.58
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Equivalent questions on happiness and life-satisfaction rated on various scales.  The items differ slightly in wording and number of the response options.

Scores are transformed to a common range 0 - 10 by means of expert weighting of response options (Thurstone's method).
Classification:
O-Sum-*-sq-nt-11-a
Author's label:
Overall
Page in publication:
775
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.37 6.37
SD:
0.65 0.65