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Kim & Cho (2003): study KR 1999

Publication

Author(s):
Kim, M.; Cho, K.H.
Title:
Quality of Life among Government Employees.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2003, Vol. 62/63, 387 - 409

Investigation

Public
18+ aged government sector employees, Korea, 1999
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability purposive-quota sample
Respondents
N = 1002
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Trained interviewers delivered questionnaires

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Considering job, family, finances, leisure and so on, how satisfied are you with your overall life?
1  very unsatisfied
2  unsatisfied
3  slightly unsatisfied
4  slightly satisfied
5  satisfied
6  very satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-v-6-f
Author's label:
Overall life satisfaction
Remarks:
Full tekst of question and distribution of responses provided by author on request
Page in publication:
403
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2%,   2: 9.7%,   3: 20.1%,   4: 48.9%,   5: 18.3%,   6: 0.9%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.75 5.94
SD:
0.96 1.86

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Commuting