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Studies

Moller & Roberts (2017): study ZA 1983

Publication

Author(s):
Moller, V.; Roberts, A.E.
Title:
South African Hopes and Fears Twenty Years into Democracy: A Replication of Hadley Cantril’s Pattern of Human Concerns.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2017, Vol. 130, 39 - 69

Investigation

Public
16+ aged general public, South Africa, 1983-2012
Survey name
Multiple surveys pooled
Sample
Mixed samples
Respondents
N = 10000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taken all things together, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days? On the whole, would you say you are.....?
5  very satisfied
4  satisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-g
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Page in publication:
42
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all together, would you say you are:
5  very happy
4  fairly happy
3  neither happy not unhappy
2  fairly unhappy
1 very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-g
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
42

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Trend of Happiness and Satisfaction