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Studies

ISSP (2002): study UY 2007

Publication

Author(s):
ISSP,
Title:
Final Source Questionnaire for ISSP Family 2002. International Social Survey Programme.
Source:
International Social Survey Programme

Investigation

Public
17+ aged, general public, Uruguay, 2007
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2007
Sample
Probability systematic sample
Respondents
N = 1431
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f
Author's label:
Happiness
Error estimates:
S.e.=0.020
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.9%,   2: 15.8%,   3: 51%,   4: 29.9%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.08 6.74
SD:
0.75 2.10