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Goswami (2014): study GB 2011

Publication

Author(s):
Goswami, H.
Title:
Children's Subjective Well-Being: Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Personality.
Source:
Child Indicators Research, 2014, Vol. 7, 119 - 140

Investigation

Public
10-15 aged, schoolchildren, United Kingdom, 2011
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 2400
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 5  statements:

A  My life is going well
B  My life is just right
C  I wish I had a different kind of life
D  I have a good life
E  I have what I want in life

Rated
0  strongly disagree
1  
2  
3
4  strongly agree

Shortened Huebner's BMSLSS 'Multidimensional Student Life satisfaction Scale'
(Items left out from original scale are: "My life is better than most young people's" and "I would like to change things in my life)
Name SLSS5
Classification:
M-CO-u-mq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Huebner's Student Life Satisfaction Scal
Page in publication:
126
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.87 -
SD:
0.76 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Year group Current stage in school-career Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Disabilties Disability Learning difficulties Intelligence defects
School-success
Ethnicity Country of origin
Ethnic status in the UK (Britain)
Religion Current religious denomination Parental status: lone parent Number of parents (broken home) Deprivation index Current possessions
Relative resources
Country of birth Ever migrated or not
Migration at young age
Ethnic status in the UK (Britain)
Parental status: step parent Number of parents (broken home)
Non-biological child
Extraversion Extraverted Agreeableness Agreeable Conscientiousness Conscientious Emotional stability Emotional Opennes Open