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Studies

DDB lifestyle survey (2000): study US Idaho 1990

Publication

Author(s):
DDB lifestyle survey,
Title:
Happiness in US states
Source:
Data released on request, June 2000

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Idaho region, United States, 1990
Survey name
US-DDB-1983-1998
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 235
Non Response
0
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

I am very satisfied with the way things are going in my life these days:
1  definitely disagree
2
3
4
5
6   definitely agree
Classification:
O-SLP-c-sq-n-6-a
Remarks:
Inhabitants of this state were selected from pooled samples that were representative for the USA, but the selection may not be quite representative for this state.
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 8.09%,   2: 8.94%,   3: 19.57%,   4: 27.23%,   5: 27.66%,   6: 8.51%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.83 5.66
SD:
1.37 2.73