Cummins (2007): study AU 2006
Publication
- Author(s):
- Cummins, R.A.
- Title:
- Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Survey 17 Part A; The Report. The Wellbeing of Australians: Work, Wealth and Happiness
- Source:
- Australian Centre on Quality of Life, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Australia, 2006
- Survey name
- AU-WI survey 15
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 2000
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: telephone (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Thinking about your own life and personal circumstances, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
0 completely unsatisfied
1
2
3
4
5 neither unsatisfied nor satisfied
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used since 2005) - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-cb
- Page in publication:
- A2
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.64 7.64
- SD:
- 1.75 1.75