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Studies

Graham & Felton (2005a): study BR 2004

Publication

Author(s):
Graham, C.; Felton, A.
Title:
Life Satisfaction in Latin America.
Source:
Mimeo, The Brookings Institution, February 2005, Washington DC, USA

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Brazil, 2004
Survey name
Latinobarometro 2004
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 12040
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

In general, would you say that you are satisfied with your life?
Would you say that you are
4  very satisfied
3  fairly satisfied
2  not very satisfied
1  not at all satisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-g-sq-v-4-c
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 3.82%,   2: 28.8%,   3: 62.6%,   4: 3.5%   (total 98.72%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.67 5.58
SD:
0.61 1.66