Lee et al. (1982): study KR 1980
Publication
- Author(s):
- Lee, H.; Kim, K.D.; Shin, D.C.
- Title:
- Perceptions of Quality of Life in an Industrializing Country: The Case of the Republic of Korea.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 1982, Vol. 10, 297 - 317
Investigation
- Public
- Parents with unmarried children at home, South Korea, 1980
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1500
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
" ......happy ..... " (full text not reported)
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-H?-?-sq-v-3-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Skewness: 0.125 Kurtosis: -0.477
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 30%, 2: 59%, 3: 11% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.81 -
- SD:
- 0.61 -
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
"......how often enjoy life......."
(Full lead question not reported)
1 rarely
2 now and then
3 fairly often
4 all the time - Classification:
- M-TH-g-sq-v-4-a
- Author's label:
- Life enjoyment
- Remarks:
- Skewness: 0.43, Kurtosis: -.84
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 31%, 2: 36%, 3: 22%, 4: 11% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.14 3.80
- SD:
- 0.98 -
- Full text:
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Self rating on single question:
"All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you overall with your life as a whole these days?"
Rated on ladder scale
[ 10 ] completely satisfied
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[ 0 ] completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-l-11-a
- Author's label:
- Overall life satisfaction
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 7%, 2: 2%, 3: 10%, 4: 11%, 5: 7%, 6: 45%, 7: 5%, 8: 5%, 9: 2%, 10: 1%, 11: 6% (total 101%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.53 4.53
- SD:
- 2.30 2.30
- Full text:
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Self report in 2 questions:
A. "How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?"
10 completely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 not at all satisfied
B. "Where would you place your life as a whole?"
Rated on a thermometer scale.
100 perfect, as good as you can imagine it being
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 terrible, as bad as you can imagine it being
Summation: factor loading - Classification:
- M-CO-u-mq-*-11-b
- Author's label:
- Hedonic Goodness (index of pleasure)
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.40 3.90
- SD:
- 2.50 -