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Czapinski & Panek (2007): study PL 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Czapinski, J.; Panek, T.
Title:
Social Diagnosis 2007. Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Poland.
Source:
The Council for Social Monitoring, 2007, Poland

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Poland, 2007
Survey name
PL-Social Diagnosis2007
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 20312
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole.....?
7  delighted
6  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale'  (original version)
Classification:
O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a
Remarks:
Valid responses: 12357
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.5%,   2: 0.8%,   3: 5.3%,   4: 17.2%,   5: 35.8%,   6: 36.9%,   7: 3.5%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.12 6.86
SD:
1.02 1.69
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking al things together, how would you say things are these days - would you say you are..?
4  very happy
3  pretty happy
2  not too happy
1  unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-o
Remarks:
Valid responses: 12654
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.2%,   2: 21.1%,   3: 68%,   4: 7.7%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.82 6.12
SD:
0.59 1.42