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Studies

Inglehart et al. (2008): study EG 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Inglehart, R.; Foa, R.; Peterson, C.
Title:
Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness.
Source:
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2008, Vol. 3, 264 - 285

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Egypt, 2005
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 3051
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2%,   2: 14.8%,   3: 73.5%,   4: 9.6%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.91 6.76
SD:
0.56 1.68