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Studies

Inglehart et al. (2008): study BF 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Inglehart, R.; Foa, R.; Peterson, C.
Title:
Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness.
Source:
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2008, Vol. 3, 264 - 285

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Burkina Faso, 2005
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1534
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
Remarks:
Vallid responses: 1494
Page in publication:
v22
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 3.6%,   2: 4.6%,   3: 6.7%,   4: 12.1%,   5: 26%,   6: 15.2%,   7: 11.1%,   8: 8.2%,   9: 3.1%,   10: 7%   (total 97.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.57 5.08
SD:
2.18 2.42
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4%,   2: 15.6%,   3: 55.6%,   4: 24.1%   (total 99.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.01 6.91
SD:
0.75 2.11