Gallup (2015a): study ZZ World samples 2012

Publication

Public: 15+ aged, general public, 153 nations, 2012
Survey name: INT-GallupWorldPoll2012
Sample: Probability multi-stage random
Respondents: N = 153000
Non Response
Assessment: Multiple assesment methods
Interviews by telephone and face-to-face.

Full text:: Self report on 10 questions:

A  Did you feel well-rested yesterday?
B  Were you treated with respect yesterday?
C  Did you smile and laugh a lot yesterday
D  Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday?

Did you experience the following feelings during A LOT of the day yesterday?
E  How about enjoyment?
F  How about physical pain?
G  How about worry?
H  How about sadness?
I    How about stress?
J   How about anger?

Rated:
0: no
1: yes

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

Transformation to range 0-10:
(Score[range-100-100] + 100)/200*10

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.

Transformation to 0-10 scale: (percent abs)*0.05 + 5
Classification:: A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-mb
Author's label:: Positive and negative experience index
Remarks:: PA: 69%, NA: 26%
Page in publication:: 2
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics: On original range -100 - 100 On range 0-10
Mean:: 43.00 -
SD:: - -