Veenhoven (1994c): study AU 1981
Publication
- Author(s):
- Veenhoven, R.
- Title:
- Is Happiness a Trait? Test of the Theory that a Better Society does not Make People any Happier.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 1994, Vol. 32, 101 - 160
Investigation
- Public
- 16 + aged, general public, Australia, 1981
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 246
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question asked twice
'How do you feel about your life as a whole?'
1 terrible
2 very unhappy
3 unhappy
4 mostly dissatisfied
5 mixed feelings
6 mostly satisfied
7 pleased
8 very pleased
9 delighted - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sqt-v-9-a
- Author's label:
- Average life-satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 143, 153
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 9 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- - 7.60
- SD:
- - -