SASAS (2017a): study ZA 2003
Publication
- Author(s):
- SASAS,
- Title:
- South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) website
- Source:
- Human Sciences Research Council
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 2003
- Survey name
- SA-SAS 2003
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 2497
- 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 happy are you?
5 very happy
4 happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 unhappy
1 very unhappy
- don't know - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-5-d
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Error estimates:
- s.e.= 0.024
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 9.5%, 2: 18.5%, 3: 13.2%, 4: 43%, 5: 11.5% (total 95.7%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.30 5.51
- SD:
- 1.20 2.63
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
5 very satisfied
4 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 not satisfied
1 not satisfied at all - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-fd
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Error estimates:
- S.e.= 0.025
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 13.9%, 2: 22.3%, 3: 13%, 4: 39.1%, 5: 8.2% (total 96.5%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.06 5.77
- SD:
- 1.24 2.99