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Angus Reid (1997): study CA 1997

Publication

Author(s):
Angus Reid,
Title:
Canadians Assess Their Quality of Life.
Source:
The Angus Reid Report Vol. 12, May/June 1997, 30 - 43

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Canada, 1997
Survey name
AngusReid1997
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1507
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Now on a scale from 1 to 7, how would you rate your satisfaction
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-d
Remarks:
Full distribution of responses taken from data file UBC Library, SPSS ID 338573
Page in publication:
file
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.7%,   2: 1.5%,   3: 5.4%,   4: 13.2%,   5: 31.2%,   6: 26.7%,   7: 20.1%   (total 99.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.32 7.19
SD:
1.32 2.19