World Values Survey (2000): study CH 1989
Publication
- Author(s):
- World Values Survey,
- Title:
- Aggregated data file waves 1+2+3
- Source:
- www.worldvaluessurvey.org
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Switzerland, 0
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 3853
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on 10 questions:
During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....? (yes/no)
A Particularly excited or interested in something?
B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C Proud because someone complimented you on something
you had done?
D Very lonely or remote from other people?
E Pleased about having accomplished something?
F Bored?
G On top of the world?
H Depressed or very unhappy?
I That things were going your way?
J Upset because someone criticized you?
Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5
Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version) - Classification:
- A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
- Remarks:
- Category "ever felt restless" was missing: this influenced the mean and the standard deviation
- Page in publication:
- a10-a19
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.14 6.14
- SD:
- 0.34 0.34