Gibson (2005): study AU 2006
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
- 15+ aged, general public, Australia, 2006
- Survey name
- AU-WI survey 16
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 1975
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Thinking about your own life and personal circumstances, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1 very dissatisfied
2
3
4
5 neutral
6
7
8
9
10 very satisfied
First item in Cummins' 'Personal Well-being Scale' (labels used until 2005) - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-ca
- Page in publication:
- A 2.4
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.7%, 2: 0.2%, 3: 0.5%, 4: 0.8%, 5: 2%, 6: 6.5%, 7: 4.9%, 8: 19.4%, 9: 34.5%, 10: 17.4%, 11: 13.1% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.73 7.73
- SD:
- 1.69 1.69