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Studies

Cummins et al. (2003c): study AU 2001

Publication

Author(s):
Cummins, R.A.; Eckersley, R.; Lo, S.K.; Okerstrom, E.
Title:
Australian Unity Wellbeing Index. Survey 6, Report 6.0. The Wellbeing of Australians. Impact of the Impending Iraq War.
Source:
Australian Centre on Quality of Life, 2003, Melbourne, Australia.

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Australia, 2001
Survey name
AU-WI Survey 2
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1976
Non Response
70
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Thinking about your own life and personal circumstances, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1   very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5  neutral
6
7
8
9
10  very satisfied

First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used until 2005)
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-ca
Page in publication:
A 2
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.70 7.70
SD:
1.93 1.93