TurkStat (2023): study TR 2018
Publication
- Author(s):
 - TurkStat,
 - Title:
 - Data life satisfaction 2014-2021
 - Source:
 - Data provided on request, February 2023
 
Investigation
- Public
 - 18+ aged, general public, Türkiye, 2018
 - Survey name
 - TR-TurkishLS2017
 - Sample
 - Probability multistage stratified area sample
 - Respondents
 - N = 9719
 - Non Response
 - Assessment
 - Interview: face-to-face
 
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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            Self report on single question:
Thinking about your life as a whole, how happy would you say you are?
5 I am very happy
4 I am happy
3 so-so
2 I am unhappy
1 I am very unhappy - Classification:
 - O-HL-u-sq-v-5-f
 - Author's label:
 - Happiness
 - Observed distribution
 - Frequencies
 - 1: 2.42%, 2: 9%, 3: 34.01%, 4: 47.52%, 5: 7.06% (total 100.01%)
 - Summary Statistics
 - On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
 - Mean:
 - 3.48 5.97
 - SD:
 - 0.85 1.79
 
- Full text:
 - 
            Self report on single question:
Taking all together and comparing with your happiest and unhappiest periods in life, how are you doing?
Answers rated on a graph:
-5 | unhappiest period
-4 |
-3 |
-2 |
-1 |
0 | -----------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
+1 | T1 T2 T3 T4
+2 |
+3 |
+4 |
+5 | happiest period
T1: Before retirement
T2: At the moment of retirement
T3: A years after retirement
T4: the last two weeks
Name: ACSA (Anamnestic Comparative Self Assessment)
Retrospections and current assessment plotted in a time graph. Only recent rating taken as happiness - Classification:
 - O-BW-c-sq-lg-11-b
 - Observed distribution
 - Frequencies
 - 1: 3.18%, 2: 1.64%, 3: 3.2%, 4: 6.9%, 5: 13.64%, 6: 26.79%, 7: 13.6%, 8: 13.46%, 9: 8.89%, 10: 4.43%, 11: 4.26% (total 99.99%)
 - Summary Statistics
 - On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
 - Mean:
 - 5.47 5.47
 - SD:
 - 2.19 2.19