Inglehart et al. (2008): study ZZ 1981
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, 52 nations, 1981-2007
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 72000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 267, 282-284
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
On the whole, how happy would you say you are.....?
4 very happy
3 fairly happy
2 not very happy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-4-b
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Scores reversed (in original 1 = very happy)
Actual range: 1,40 (Moldova 1996) to 2,58 (Nigeria 2000) - Page in publication:
- 267,282-284
- Full text:
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Self report on two questions:
A Taking all together, how happy would you say you are?
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy
B All things considered, how satisfied are you with your
life as-a-whole now?
10 satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 dissatisfied
Computation: (Ax2,5) +B -10
Name: Inglehart's combined score - Classification:
- O-Sum-*-mq-nvt-21-c
- Page in publication:
- 267, 282-284