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Gallup (2009a): study CR 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Gallup,
Title:
Data from Gallup World Poll provided on request August 2009.
Source:
Personal communication.

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Costa Rica, 2007
Survey name
INT-GallupWorldPoll2007
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
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?
0  dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.6%,   2: 0.2%,   3: 0.2%,   4: 1%,   5: 1%,   6: 4.1%,   7: 3.8%,   8: 9.1%,   9: 24.1%,   10: 18.2%,   11: 37.7%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.48 8.48
SD:
1.74 1.74