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Studies

Inglehart et al. (2008): study IR 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, Iran, 2005
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2667
Non Response
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: 4.5%,   2: 14.8%,   3: 61.3%,   4: 18.1%   (total 98.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.94 6.78
SD:
0.72 2.05
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:
v22
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 3.8%,   2: 3.9%,   3: 4.4%,   4: 6.7%,   5: 17%,   6: 13.6%,   7: 14.4%,   8: 14.8%,   9: 8.6%,   10: 12.7%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.42 6.03
SD:
2.40 2.67