Hill (2004): study CA 1989
Publication
- Author(s):
- Hill, R.
- Title:
- Happiness in Canada since World War ll.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 2004, Vol. 65, 109 - 123
Investigation
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public, Canada, 1989
- Survey name
- CN-GSS 4: 1989
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 10694
- Non Response
- 19,3
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
Would you describe yourself as
4 very happy
3 somewhat happy
2 somewhat unhappy
1 very unhappy
- no opinion - Classification:
- O-HP-g-sq-v-4-b
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.8%, 2: 4%, 3: 37.5%, 4: 56.3% (total 98.6%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.51 7.76
- SD:
- 0.62 1.88
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
How do you feel about your life as a whole right now? Are you satisfied or dissatisfied?
1 strongly dissatisfied
2 somewhat dissatisfied
3 somewhat satisfied
4 strongly satisfied
- no opinion - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-b
- Remarks:
- Valid responses: 9338
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1.3%, 2: 4.7%, 3: 35.9%, 4: 56% (total 97.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.50 8.03
- SD:
- 0.65 1.67