Richards (2001): study ZA ZA: Eastern Cape 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Richards, R.
- Title:
- How to Measure Quality of Life in Diverse Population.
- Source:
- Paper 4th Conference International Society for Quality of Life Studies, 2001, Washington DC, USA
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, Buffalo City, South Africa, 2001
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 2477
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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
- Remarks:
- original scale had been reversed,
distribution provided by the author on request - Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 12.4%, 2: 32.3%, 3: 18.89%, 4: 25.31%, 5: 9.97% (total 98.87%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.88 5.25
- SD:
- 1.21 2.78