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Gallup (2008a): study MY 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Gallup,
Title:
Gallup World View.
Source:
The Gallup Organization, 2008, New York, USA

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Malaysia, 2007
Survey name
INT-Gallup World P200708
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 11 questions

Did you experience the following feelings during A LOT OF THE DAY yesterday? How about..?
A  enjoyment
B  physical pain
C  worry
D  sadness
E  stress
F  anger
G depression

Did you yesterday..?
H feel well rested
I  smile and laugh a lot
J  learn or do something interesting
K were you treated with respect all day yesterday

Rated:
1: yes
0: no

Computation:
- Average % positive affect = (A+H)+I+J+K)/5
- Average % negative affect = (B+C+D+E+F+G)/6
- Affect Balance = Average % positive affect - Average % negative affect

These questions do not measure hedonic level of affect of individual persons adequately, since yesterday's mood does not always correspond with typical average mood. Yet these questions can be used for measuring hedonic level in aggregates, such as nations, since individual variations balance out in big samples.
Classification:
A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-o
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range -100 - 100 On range 0-10
Mean:
53.00 -
SD:
- -