Ekici & Koydemir (2014): study TR 2008
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ekici, T.; Koydemir, S.
- Title:
- Social Capital, Government and Democracy Satisfaction, and Happiness in Turkey: A Comparison of Surveys in 1999 and 2008.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 2014, Vol. 118, 1031 - 1053
Investigation
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public, Turkey, 2008
- Survey name
- EU-EVS
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 2381
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1 dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Distribution only reported for combined answer categories (5)
- Page in publication:
- 1036
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
In general, how do you feel about your life at present? I feel...
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not happy at all - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-4-g
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- The formulation of the question and answer categories is not the standard EVS format
- Page in publication:
- 1035
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 9.5%, 2: 15.3%, 3: 47.9%, 4: 27.3% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.93 6.20
- SD:
- 0.90 3.20
Correlational Findings
Specific worries
Trust in institutions
Current participation in voluntary associations
Religious (vs not)
Specific worries
Specific worries
Never married (vs divorced)