Hinks & Simon (2012): study MW 2004
Publication
- Author(s):
- Hinks, T.; Simon, D.
- Title:
- Life Satisfaction in Malawi.
- Source:
- Selin, H.; Davey, G; Eds.: "Happiness Across Cultures. Views of Happiness and Quality of Life in Non-Western Cultures Across Cultures. The History of Non-Western Science 6.", Springer, 2012, New York, USA, 271 - 292
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Malawi, 2004
- Survey name
- MW_Malawi IHS 2004
- Sample
- Probability sample (unspecified)
- Respondents
- N = 11272
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Overall, how satisfied (content, happy) are you with your life?
1 very unsatisfied
2 unsatisfied
3 neither unsatisfied nor satisfied
4 satisfied
5 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-e
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 277
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 24.41%, 2: 38.2%, 3: 13.52%, 4: 18.31%, 5: 5.57% (total 100.01%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.42 3.56
- SD:
- 1.20 2.99