Selim (2008): study TR 1990
Publication
- Author(s):
- Selim, S.
- Title:
- Life Satisfaction and Happiness in Turkey.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 88, 531 - 562
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Turkey, 1990-2001
- Survey name
- INT-World Values Survey, pooled waves
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 6338
- Non Response
- not reported
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy. - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
- Author's label:
- Happiness in Turkey
- Remarks:
- Happiness assessed in :
1990: M= 3,081 SD=0,755
1996: M= 3,368 SD=0,726
2001: M= 3,014 SD=0,909 - Page in publication:
- 543
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4.68%, 2: 12.6%, 3: 45.2%, 4: 37.44% (total 99.92%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.15 7.26
- SD:
- 0.81 2.23
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1 dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction in Turkey
- Remarks:
- Life satisfaction assessed in :
1990: M= 6,389 SD=2,468
1996: M= 6,193 SD=2,527
2001: M= 5,799 SD=2,689 - Page in publication:
- 543
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 7.51%, 2: 2.21%, 3: 5.17%, 4: 6.45%, 5: 23.81%, 6: 10.64%, 7: 11.51%, 8: 13.13%, 9: 4.59%, 10: 14.95% (total 99.97%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.13 5.70
- SD:
- 2.57 2.86