Baltatescu & Cummins (2004): study RO Bihor county 2003
Publication
- Author(s):
- Baltatescu, S.M.; Cummins, R.A.
- Title:
- Subjective Wellbeing in a Post-Communist Country: Romania's International Wellbeing Index.
- Source:
- PowerPoint presentation at 6th Conference ISQOLS, November 2004, Philadelphia, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Bihor County, North-West Romania, 2003
- Sample
- Probability area sample
- Respondents
- N = 368
- Non Response
- 38%
- Assessment
-
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
At respondent's home
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Thinking about your own life and personal circumstances, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1 very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5 neutral
6
7
8
9
10 very satisfied
First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used until 2005) - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-ca
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction with Life as a whole
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.30 6.30
- SD:
- - -