Tsai (2016): study TW 2010
Publication
- Author(s):
- Tsai, M.C.
- Title:
- "Happiness and Sociability in a Non-recursive Model: The US and Taiwan Compared."
- Source:
- Personal communication January 2016
Investigation
- Public
- 19+ aged, general public, Taiwan, 2010
- Survey name
- TW-Social Change Survey 2005, 2010
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 1895
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
On the whole, how satisfied are you with your current life as a whole?
5 very satisfied
4 fairly satisfied
3 neither agree nor disagree
2 fairly dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-fc
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- n = 977 for this question
- Page in publication:
- 5
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 3.1%, 2: 13.8%, 3: 4.9%, 4: 62.2%, 5: 16% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.74 6.24
- SD:
- 0.99 1.90
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
How happy are you now?
5 very happy
4 somewhat happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 not very happy
1 not happy at all
- DK
- NA - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-hb
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- n = 978 for this question
- Page in publication:
- 2,5
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1.8%, 2: 8.9%, 3: 7.9%, 4: 59.7%, 5: 21.7% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.91 6.35
- SD:
- 0.90 1.80
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...?
4 very happy
3 fairly happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- n = 918 for this question
- Page in publication:
- 2,5
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 2.1%, 2: 9.4%, 3: 63.3%, 4: 25.2% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.12 6.83
- SD:
- 0.65 1.80
- Full text:
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All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
1. Very unsatisfied
2. Fairly unsatisfied
3. Fairly satisfied
4. Very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-r
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- n = 918 for this question
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 5.1%, 2: 14.1%, 3: 62.5%, 4: 18.3% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.94 6.32
- SD:
- 0.72 2.00