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World Values Survey (2000): study CH 1990

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, 1990
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 2
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1494
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Page in publication:
v10
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.4%,   2: 5.1%,   3: 58%,   4: 35.4%   (total 98.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.30 7.75
SD:
0.58 1.44
Full text:
Self report on single question:

"Now taking everything about your life into account, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life today?"
10 satisfied
9
8
7
6

5
4

3
2
1
0  dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.28%,   2: 0.17%,   3: 0.99%,   4: 1.47%,   5: 5.5%,   6: 5.8%,   7: 9.52%,   8: 23.85%,   9: 14.65%,   10: 37.77%,   11: 0%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.39 8.21
SD:
1.74 1.93