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Ekici & Koydemir (2014): study TR 2008

Publication

Author(s):
Ekici, T.; Koydemir, S.
Title:
Social Capital, Government and Democracy Satisfaction, and Happiness in Turkey: A Comparison of Surveys in 1999 and 2008.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2014, Vol. 118, 1031 - 1053

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Turkey, 2008
Survey name
EU-EVS
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2381
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Distribution only reported for combined answer categories (5)
Page in publication:
1036
Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, how do you feel about your life at present? I feel...
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not happy at all
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-g
Author's label:
Happiness
Remarks:
The formulation of the question and answer categories is not the standard EVS format
Page in publication:
1035
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 9.5%,   2: 15.3%,   3: 47.9%,   4: 27.3%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.93 6.20
SD:
0.90 3.20

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Trust