Inglehart et al. (2008): study MY 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, Malaysia, 2005
 - Survey name
 - INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
 - Sample
 - Probability multistage stratified area sample
 - Respondents
 - N = 1201
 - 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: 0.2%, 2: 5.1%, 3: 58.3%, 4: 36.5% (total 100.1%)
 - Summary Statistics
 - On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
 - Mean:
 - 3.31 7.78
 - SD:
 - 0.57 1.41
 
- 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: 1.4%, 2: 0.7%, 3: 2.3%, 4: 3.4%, 5: 12.1%, 6: 19.2%, 7: 23.9%, 8: 22.1%, 9: 7.7%, 10: 7.2% (total 100%)
 - Summary Statistics
 - On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
 - Mean:
 - 6.84 6.49
 - SD:
 - 1.78 1.98