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Studies

Cummins (2024): study AU 2018

Publication

Author(s):
Cummins, R.A.
Title:
Happiness in Australia 2001-2023
Source:
Personal communication dd 1-8-2024

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Australia, 2018
Survey name
AU-WI survey 36
Sample
Non-probability self-selected
Respondents
N = 1963
Non Response
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?
0   completely unsatisfied
1
2
3
4
5  neither unsatisfied nor satisfied
6
7
8
9
10  completely satisfied

First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used since 2005)
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-cb
Author's label:
Global Life satisfaction (GLS)
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.55 -
SD:
1.73 -