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Studies

Moller (1989): study ZA 1983

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
Adult, general public, urban areas, South African, 1983
Sample
Respondents
N = 5587
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured personal interview

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 10%,   2: 18%,   3: 4%,   4: 51%,   5: 17%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.47 6.23
SD:
1.24 2.19
Full text:
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 12%,   2: 13%,   3: 4%,   4: 53%,   5: 17%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.51 5.98
SD:
1.26 2.72

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Urban living