Peil (1988): study NG 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Peil, M.
- Title:
- Personal Communication.
- Source:
- Letter 18 - 4 - 1988, University of Birmingham, UK
Investigation
- Public
- 60+ aged, towns, Nigeria, 1984
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 436
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
How do you feel about your life as a whole?
Rated on a seven step quality of life ladder was marked with a smiling face and marked ''GOOD'. The bottom marked with a frowning face and the word 'BAD'
[ 7 ] Good, picture of smiling face
[ 6 ]
[ 5 ]
[ 4 ]
[ 3 ]
[ 2 ]
[ 1 ] Bad, picture of frowning face
(Pictures not reproduced here) - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-l-7-a
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction with life as a whole
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.30 7.20
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
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Self report on 2 questions:
A. "Has your life been .....?"
1 disappointing
2 rewarding
3 or something in-between
B. "Has it been .........?"
3 enjoyable
2 miserable
1 or something in between
Summation: 1 = both a 2 = mixed 3 = both c - Classification:
- M-AO-h-mq-v-3-a
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 6%, 2: 50%, 3: 41% (total 97%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.36 -
- SD:
- 0.60 -