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Inglehart (2004): study IS 1999

Publication

Author(s):
Inglehart, R.
Title:
World Values Surveys and European Values Surveys 1999-2001. Datafile, User Guide and Codebook.
Source:
ICPRS file 3975, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Iceland, 1999
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 968
Non Response
34,5
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Page in publication:
a 170
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.4%,   2: 0.2%,   3: 1.1%,   4: 2.2%,   5: 4%,   6: 5.1%,   7: 12.5%,   8: 32.5%,   9: 25%,   10: 16.7%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.05 7.83
SD:
1.59 1.77