Moller (1989): study ZA 1988
Publication
- Author(s):
- Moller, V.
- Title:
- Can't get no Satisfaction. Quality of Life in the 1980's.
- Source:
- Indicator South Africa, 1989, Vol. 7, 43 - 46
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, urban areas, South Africa, 1988
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 3771
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured personal interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taking your life as a whole, are you .......?
5 very satisfied
4 quite satisfied
3 more satisfied than discontented
2 more discontented than satisfied
1 quite dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-d
- Author's label:
- Overall life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Satisfied or very satisfied: 64%
Dissatisfied or very dissatisfied: 36%
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taking all things together in your life, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are ....?
5 very happy
4 happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Global happiness
- Remarks:
- Very happy or happy: 70%
Unhappy or very unhappy: 30%