Morrison (2011): study NZ 2004
Publication
- Author(s):
- Morrison, P.S.
- Title:
- Local Expressions of Subjective Well-Being: The New Zealand Experience.
- Source:
- Regional Studies, 2011, Vol. 45, 1039 - 1058
Investigation
- Public
- 15+ aged, urban areas, New Zealand, 2004
- Survey name
- NZ-QOL survey 2004
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 6308
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
In general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are?
1 very unhappy
2 unhappy
3 neutral
4 happy
5 very happy - Classification:
- O-HL-g-sq-v-5-cc
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.9%, 2: 1.5%, 3: 11.1%, 4: 52.9%, 5: 33.5% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.17 7.44
- SD:
- 0.75 1.62
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking everything into account, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life in general these days?
1 very dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
3 neutral
4 satisfied
5 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-nc
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.5%, 2: 3%, 3: 12%, 4: 53.9%, 5: 30.6% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.11 8.12
- SD:
- 0.76 1.64
- Full text:
-
self report on single question:
Would you say that your overall quality of life is..
1 extremely poor
2 poor
3 neutral
4 good
5 extremely good - Classification:
- O-QOL-u-sq-v-5-c
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.3%, 2: 1.9%, 3: 9.7%, 4: 61.4%, 5: 26.7% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.12 -
- SD:
- 0.67 -