Hinks & Davies (2008): study MW 2004
Publication
- Author(s):
- Hinks, T.; Davies, S.
- Title:
- Life Satisfaction in Malawi and the Importance of Relative Consumption, Polygamy and Religion.
- Source:
- Journal of International Development, 2008, Vol. 20, 888 - 904
Investigation
- Public
- Household heads, Malawai 2004-2005
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 11272
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Considering the whole situation: how satisfied are you about your daily life?
1 very unsatisfied
2 unsatisfied
3 neither unsatisfied, nor satisfied
4 satisfied
5 very satisfied
Numbering reversed in original (very unsatisfied '5', very satisfied '1') - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-e
- Author's label:
- life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 893
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 24.4%, 2: 38.18%, 3: 13.52%, 4: 18.31%, 5: 5.57% (total 99.98%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.42 4.23
- SD:
- 1.20 2.68