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Studies

Gallup (2008): study CN 1999

Publication

Author(s):
Gallup,
Title:
Gallup Brain: Archive of Gallup polls since 1935
Source:
The Gallup Organization, USA

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, China, 1999
Survey name
CN-Gallup Poll of China
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 4247
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

In general, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the way things are going in your personal life at this time? Are you
4  very satisfied
3  somewhat satisfied
2  somewhat dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLP-c-sq-v-4-a
Remarks:
Also reported in Burkholder 2005A (slightly different values)
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 7.18%,   2: 24.65%,   3: 53.87%,   4: 14.17%   (total 99.87%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.75 6.10
SD:
0.78 2.05