Michalos & Orlando (2006a): study CA Prince George 1997
Publication
- Author(s):
- Michalos, A.C.; Orlando, J.A.
- Title:
- Quality of Life of Some Under-Represented Survey Respondents: Youth, Aboriginals and Unemployed.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 2006, Vol. 79, 191 - 213
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, 1997-2005
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 8664
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Here are some features of people’s lives affecting them today. Please indicate how satisfied you are with each of them....
How satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole?
1 very dissatisfied
2 somewhat dissatisfied
3 a little dissatisfied
4 about evenly balanced
5 a little satisfied
6 somewhat satisfied
7 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-f
- Author's label:
- Life Satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 5
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.67 -
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Here are some features of people’s lives affecting them today. Please indicate how satisfied you are with each of them....
How satisfied are you with your overall quality of life?
1 very dissatisfied
2 somewhat dissatisfied
3 a little dissatisfied
4 about evenly balanced
5 a little satisfied
6 somewhat satisfied
7 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SQL-c-sq-v-7-b
- Author's label:
- Quality of Life
- Page in publication:
- 5
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.48 -
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Considering your life as a whole, how happy would you say you are?
1 very unhappy
2 somewhat unhappy
3 a little unhappy
4 evenly balanced
5 a little happy
6 somewhat happy
7 very happy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-7-f
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 5
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.65 -
- SD:
- - -