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Posel & Casale (2011): study ZA 2008

Publication

Author(s):
Posel, D.; Casale, D.
Title:
Relative Standing and Subjective Well-Being in South Africa: The Role of Perception, Expectations and Income Mobility.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2011, Vol. 104, 195 - 223

Investigation

Public
17+ aged general public, South-Africa., 2008
Survey name
SA-NIDS Panel study
Sample
Sampling not reported
Respondents
N = 28000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Assumed by WDH team.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
1  completely dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-I
Author's label:
Social Well-being
Page in publication:
201
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 7.2%,   2: 5%,   3: 9%,   4: 14%,   5: 18.6%,   6: 13%,   7: 11.6%,   8: 9%,   9: 3.4%,   10: 8.2%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.42 4.92
SD:
2.45 2.72

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Ethnicity