Evans & Kelley (2002): study AU 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Evans, M.D.; Kelley, J.
- Title:
- Family and Community Influences on Life Satisfaction.
- Source:
- Report Melbourne Institute, 2002, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Australia, 1984-2001
- Survey name
- AU-National Social Sciences
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 26009
- Non Response
- 35-40%
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Preliminary letter announcing the survey, followed by the posted questionnaire and if necessary 4 follow-up maillings.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
"How satisfied do you feel about your life as a whole...?"
8 delighted
7 very pleased
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed feelings
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sq-v-8-b
- Author's label:
- Subjective well-being, life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Distribution based on equal interval scoring
- Page in publication:
- 20,23,24
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.4%, 2: 0.6%, 3: 1.5%, 4: 8.5%, 5: 22%, 6: 26.1%, 7: 28.2%, 8: 12.8% (total 100.1%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 8 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.06 7.23
- SD:
- 1.30 1.85