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World Values Survey (2000): study BE 1981

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated data file waves 1+2+3
Source:
www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Belgium, 1981
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1500
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: 5.7%,   3: 55.9%,   4: 33.4%   (total 95.4%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.28 7.70
SD:
0.59 1.48
Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.64%,   2: 0.7%,   3: 1.97%,   4: 3.24%,   5: 7.75%,   6: 7.94%,   7: 23.42%,   8: 26.33%,   9: 13.53%,   10: 11%   (total 96.52%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.39 7.10
SD:
1.78 1.97