Inglehart et al. (2008): study ZA 2007
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, South Africa, 2007
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 2988
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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: 6.1%, 2: 15.7%, 3: 35.1%, 4: 42.7% (total 99.6%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.15 7.17
- SD:
- 0.90 2.48
- 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: 3.5%, 2: 2.6%, 3: 3.5%, 4: 5.3%, 5: 10.1%, 6: 11.2%, 7: 14.2%, 8: 18.1%, 9: 13.7%, 10: 17.4% (total 99.6%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.02 6.69
- SD:
- 2.40 2.67