Gibson (2005): study AU 2003

Publication

Author(s):

Gibson, R.

Title:

The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2003.

Source:

Australian Social Science Data Archives, The Australian National University, 2005, Canberra, Australia

Investigation

Public

16+ aged, general public, Australia, 2003

Survey name

AU-AuSSA 2003

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 4270

Non Response

62

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

All in all, how happy are you with your life these days?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    cannot choose
-    skipped

Classification:

O-HL-c-sq-n-11-b

Page in publication:

v126

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0.6%,   2: 0.3%,   3: 1%,   4: 2.2%,   5: 2.4%,   6: 8.3%,   7: 7%,   8: 16.4%,   9: 25.8%,   10: 15.1%,   11: 19.2%   (total 98.3%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.64 7.64

SD:

1.97 1.97