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Studies

Leisure Development Cen (1980): study GB 1979

Publication

Author(s):
Leisure Development Cen,
Title:
Survey of Values in 13 Countries.
Source:
Working Paper for 1980 Conference on Human Values, Tokyo, Japan.

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 1972
Sample
Respondents
N = 987
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How happy do you feel as you live now? Please choose one item on this card that comes closest to your feeling.
5  very happy
4  fairly happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  fairly unhappy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-e
Author's label:
Feeling happy
Page in publication:
94
Error estimates:
Reliability: Range 1-5: M= 4.34 Ms'= 8.35 Validity:
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.9%,   2: 2.3%,   3: 5.8%,   4: 43.6%,   5: 47.3%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.34 7.62
SD:
0.77 1.76
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, how satisfied are you with your present life.......?
Please choose from this card that is closest to your feeling.
5  very satisfied
4  fairly satisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  fairly dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Satisfaction with life
Page in publication:
96
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 2.5%,   3: 4.7%,   4: 49.7%,   5: 41.6%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.29 7.48
SD:
0.76 1.70

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Male sex