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Studies

Ferre et al. (2010a): study UY Montevideo region 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Ferre, Z.; Gandelman, N.; Piani, G.
Title:
Housing and Neighborhood Satisfaction in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Source:
Lora, E.; et al: " The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities", The Inter-American Development Bank,2010, Washington DC, USA,, 223 - 253

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2007
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2007
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 801
Non Response
35.1 %
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f
Author's label:
Overall Happiness
Page in publication:
28
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.9%,   2: 15.7%,   3: 51.2%,   4: 29.7%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.08 6.73
SD:
0.75 2.10

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age