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Studies

Wills-Herrera (2006): study CO Bogotá 2006

Publication

Author(s):
Wills-Herrera, E.
Title:
Personal Well Being Index-Adults for Bogotá- Colombia, March 2006.
Source:
Paper Management School, University de los Andes, 2006, Bogotá, Colombia

Investigation

Public
Adults, general public, City of Bogotá, Colombia, 2006
Sample
Probability area sample
Respondents
N = 830
Non Response
-
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Thinking about your own life and personal circumstances, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1   very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5  neutral
6
7
8
9
10  very satisfied

First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used until 2005)
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-ca
Author's label:
Life as a whole
Remarks:
The values presented in this report are stretched to range 1-100
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.97 7.97
SD:
1.78 1.78

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Satisfaction with standard of living