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Cushing (1987): study AU 1984

Publication

Author(s):
Cushing, J.
Title:
Australian National Social Science Survey: First round 1984.
Source:
Social Science Data Archives, Australia, Codebook SSDA study no. 423

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Australia, 1984
Survey name
AU-National Social Sciences
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2208
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Please look at this satisfaction scale and tell me how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with your life as a whole
10 satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  Dissatisfied

Numbers were presented in different order (1 satisfied… 10 dissatisfied).
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-10-b
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.20 8.00
SD:
- -