Cummins et al. (2004c): study AU 2003
Publication
- Author(s):
- Cummins, R.A.; Davern, M.T.; Eckersley, R.; Hunter, B.; Lo, S.K.; Okerstrom, E.
- Title:
- Australian Unity Wellbeing Index. Report 9.0. The Wellbeing of Australians. Effects of Household Debt.
- Source:
- Australian Center on Quality of Life, 2004, Melbourne, Australia
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Australia, 2003
- Sample
- Probability area sample
- Respondents
- N = 1897
- Non Response
- 88%
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
'Taking all tings together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied."
10 totally satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 totally unsatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-c
- Author's label:
- Life as a Whole
- Remarks:
- The values presented in the report are stretched to range 0-100
Normative Ranges calculated from Survey Mean Scores(N=i)
all Mt = 7,75; SD = .10
-2 SD Mt = 7,56
+2 SD Mt = 7,94
Normative Ranges calculated from Aggregated Individual Data(N=i)
all Mt = 7,75; SD = 1,76
-2 SD Mt = 4,23
+2SD Mt = 11,23 - Page in publication:
- 4
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 77.69 7.77
- SD:
- 16.87 1.69