Tsai (2015): study TW 2010
Publication
- Author(s):
- Tsai, C.L.
- Title:
- Happiness and Sociability in a Non recursive Modeling: The US and Taiwan Compared.
- Source:
- Paper, Academia Sinica, 2015, Taipei, Taiwan
Investigation
- Public
- 17+ aged, general public, Taiwan, 2010
- Survey name
- TW-Social Change Survey 2005, 2010
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 1535
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
.. Life satisfaction .. (lead question not reported)
1 very unsatisfied
2 fairly unsatisfied
3 neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied
4 fairly satisfied
5 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-j
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 32
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4.06%, 2: 13.93%, 3: 2.53%, 4: 62.37%, 5: 17.1% (total 99.99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.75 6.30
- SD:
- 1.03 1.93
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
.. Feel happy in daily life .. (full text not reported)
1 not at all happy
2 not very happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
4 quite happy
5 very happy - Classification:
- M-FH-?-sq-v-5-c
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 32
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 4.7%, 2: 20.69%, 3: 2.22%, 4: 54.83%, 5: 17.57% (total 100.01%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.60 6.51
- SD:
- 1.13 2.18
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taken all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are....?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 29
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 12.26%, 2: 57.29%, 3: 30.45% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.18 7.17
- SD:
- 0.63 1.63