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Gallup (2009a): study ZZ 2011

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, WORLD, 2011
Survey name
INT-GallupWorldPoll2005
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 420000
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Here is ladder representing the 'ladder of life'. Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?
10 best possible
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 worst possible life

This question was followed (not preceded) by items on life 5 years ago and 5 years from now.
Classification:
C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c
Remarks:
Number of respondents is estimated based on 1000 respondents on average per survey. Assuming there were 3 surveys and 140 countries.
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.7%,   2: 2.5%,   3: 4.7%,   4: 9.5%,   5: 12.5%,   6: 26.2%,   7: 14.7%,   8: 11.9%,   9: 9.7%,   10: 3.3%,   11: 3.3%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.33 5.33
SD:
2.12 2.12