Zullig et al. (2009): study US 2003
Publication
- Author(s):
- Zullig, K.J.; Huebner, E.S.; Pun, S.M.
- Title:
- Demographic Correlates of Domain-Based Life Satisfaction Reports of College Students.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2009, Vol. 10, 229 - 238
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, university students, USA, 2003
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 1000
- Non Response
- 47,8%
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
I would describe my satisfaction with my overall life as..
1 terrible
2 unhappy
3 mostly dissatisfied
4 mixed ( equally satisfied and dissatisfied)
5 mostly satisfied
6 pleased
7 delighted
Item in Huebner's BMSLSS 'Multidimensional Student Life satisfaction Scale' - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sq-v-7-e
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 0.4%, 3: 2.4%, 4: 10.5%, 5: 20.3%, 6: 41.4%, 7: 25.1% (total 100.1%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.75 7.92
- SD:
- 1.04 1.74