Seik (2000): study SG 1998
Publication
- Author(s):
- Seik, F.T.
- Title:
- Subjective Assessment of Urban Quality of Life in Singapore (1997-1998).
- Source:
- Habitat International, 2000, Vol. 24, 31 - 49
Investigation
- Public
- 15+ aged, Singapore,1998
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 2200
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Structured questionnaire was used.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on two questions:
A: At this present moment, how do you feel about your life as a whole?
B: Taking all the aspects of life above into consideration, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole at present?
Each rated
1 very dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
4 satisfied
5 very satisfied
Computation:( A+B )/2 - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-mq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Overall life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- QOL 2% lower then in 1997. Highest mean QOL score: 4,02 SD 0,83; lowest mean QOL score: 3,16 SD 0,63; number of respondents 24 and 16 respectively.
- Page in publication:
- 37
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.5%, 2: 7.1%, 3: 49.2%, 4: 40.9%, 5: 2.4% (total 100.1%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.38 6.37
- SD:
- 0.67 1.99